How is GFM different from CommonMark?
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GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) is a strict superset of the CommonMark specification. This means that GFM includes all the features of CommonMark and adds several of its own, making it a more feature-rich dialect of Markdown.
The key differences between GFM and CommonMark lie in the extra features GFM provides to support the collaborative nature of a platform like GitHub.