Markdown ↔ Wikitext

Contents

1. Headers
2. Emphasis
3. Lists
4. Links
5. Images
6. Inline code
7. Code blocks and Syntax highlighting
8. Tables
9. Block quotes
10. Horizontal rules

Headers

Markdown

# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6

Wikitext

=H1=
==H2==
===H3===
====H4====
=====H5=====
======H6======

Output

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5

H6

Emphasis

Markdown	Wikitext	Output
*italics* _italics_	''italic''	italics
**bold** __bold__	'''bold'''	bold
~~strikethrough~~ <s>strikethrough</s>	<s>strikethrough</s>	strikethrough

Lists

(Spaces are indicated with dots: ⋅)

Unordered

Markdown

* One
⋅⋅* One.one
⋅⋅⋅⋅* One.one.one
* Two
* Three

or

- One
- Two

+ One
+ Two

Wikitext

* One
** One.one
*** One.one.one
* Two
* Three

Output

• One
  • One.one
    • One.one.one
• Two
• Three

Ordered

Markdown

1. One
⋅⋅⋅1. One.one
⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅1. One.one.one
2. Two
3. Three

Wikitext

# One
## One.one
### One.one.one
# Two
# Three

Output

1. One
   1. One.one
      1. One.one.one
2. Two
3. Three

Links

Markdown	Wikitext	Output
[Internal link](/README.md)	[[/README.md|Internal link]]	Internal link
[Internal section](/README.md#Links)	[[README.md#Links|Internal section]]	Internal section
[External link](https://www.google.com)	[https://www.google.com External link]	External link

Images

Markdown	Wikitext	Output
	[[File:Github.png|alt=Internal image]]
	-
[](https://github.com)	[[File:Github.png|link=https://github.com]]

Inline code

Markdown	Wikitext	Output
`code` <code>code</code>	<code>code</code>	code

Code blocks and Syntax highlighting

Markdown

```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
console.log(s);
```

Wikitext

<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
console.log(s);
</syntaxhighlight>

Output

var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
console.log(s);

Tables

Markdown

Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3
--- | --- | ---
Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3
Cell 4 | Cell 5 | Cell 6

Wikitext

{|
! Header 1 !! Header 2 !! Header 3
|-
| Cell 1 || Cell 2 || Cell 3
|-
| Cell 4 || Cell 5 || Cell 6
|}

Output

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Cell 4	Cell 5	Cell 6

Block quotes

Markdown

> Stay hungry, stay foolish

Wikitext

<blockquote>Stay hungry, stay foolish</blockquote>

Output

Stay hungry, stay foolish

Horizontal rules

Markdown

--- or ____ or ***

Wikitext

----

Output

---