Markdown is a lightweight markup language for formatting plain text documents. It uses simple symbols for converting easily to HTML for web display. Its syntax stays readable as plain text, even without rendering.
Tech people rely on Markdown for README files, wikis and technical documentation.
Tech people rely on Markdown for README files, wikis and technical documentation.
Markdown files use a '.md' or '.markdown' file extension, for example, README.md or AGENTS.md.
