Obsidian Flavored Markdown

The Markdown Flavor that Obsidian uses for Obsidian Notes.

It has the following characteristics:

  • It implements the Commonmark specification
  • It implements some functionality from Github Flavored Markdown
  • It implements some functionality from LaTeX (unsure how much exactly)
  • Within HTML blocks, it does not support Markdown or blank lines

Obsidian-Specific Markdown Syntax

Warning

This syntax is specific to Obsidian! This syntax is not supported in general outside the Obsidian ecosystem.

Obsidian adds the following syntax: 1

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