Markdown

A showcase of all Markdown features supported in Trilium's Markdown note type.

1. Basic Formatting (Standard Markdown)#

Bold text, italic text, strikethrough, and inline code.

A simple blockquote demonstrating standard Markdown.

2. GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM)#

Tables#

Feature Supported Notes
Standard Markdown ✅ Full support
GFM Tables ✅ Like this one
Math Equations ✅ Via KaTeX
Mermaid Diagrams ✅ Via ```mermaid blocks
Admonitions ✅ GitHub-style

Task Lists#

3. Code Blocks with Syntax Highlighting#

Note: The language must be specified for syntax highlighting to apply.

Sample with no syntax highlighting:

function greet(name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}
console.log(greet("Trilium"));

JavaScript with syntax highlighting:

// JavaScript example
function greet(name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}
console.log(greet("Trilium"));

Python example:

def factorial(n):
    return 1 if n <= 1 else n * factorial(n - 1)

print(factorial(10))

SQL example:

SELECT title, dateCreated
FROM notes
WHERE type = 'markdown'
ORDER BY dateCreated DESC;

4. Block Quotes & Admonitions#

A standard Markdown blockquote. It can span multiple lines.

5. Math Equations#

Inline math: \(E = mc^2\)

Block math:

\[\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x^2} \, dx = \sqrt{\pi}\] \[\Gamma(n) = (n-1)! \quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}\]

6. Mermaid Diagrams#

graph TD
    A[Start] --> B{Is it a Markdown note?}
    B -- Yes --> C[Render preview]
    B -- No --> D[Use Text note]
    C --> E[Enjoy split view!]
sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant Trilium
    User->>Trilium: Opens Markdown note
    Trilium->>User: Shows split view (source + preview)
    User->>Trilium: Edits source
    Trilium->>User: Syncs scroll & highlights block

7. Internal (Reference) Links — Wikilinks Format#

Link to a note by its Note ID using the Wikilinks-like format:

[missing note]

Or using HTML syntax for more control:

Internal link via HTML

8. Include Note (HTML Syntax)#

Included notes using HTML syntax.

 

9. Nested Syntax Highlighting (Code Inside Code Blocks)#

Trilium's source pane supports nested syntax highlighting — for example, highlighting HTML inside a Markdown code fence:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Trilium</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hello from HTML inside Markdown!</h1>
</body>
</html>

10. Lists#

Unordered#

  • Item one
    • Nested item A
    • Nested item B
      • Deeply nested
  • Item two
  • Item three

Ordered#

  1. First step
  2. Second step
    1. Sub-step A
    2. Sub-step B
  3. Third step

11. Horizontal Rules & Misc#

Horizontal rule:

Superscript: X^2^
Subscript: H2O
Footnote reference1

Footnotes#

  1. This is the footnote content. ↩