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How is GFM different from CommonMark?

· 3 min read
Serhii Hrekov
software engineer, creator, artist, programmer, projects founder

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.

Github flavored markdown syntax

· 3 min read
Serhii Hrekov
software engineer, creator, artist, programmer, projects founder

GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) is a superset of the CommonMark specification, which means it includes all the standard Markdown features plus several useful additions. It's the dialect of Markdown used on GitHub for things like issues, pull requests, wikis, and comments.