Markdown Reference

Revolt uses a simple, plain-text based, and super easy text formatting system called Markdown.
Use it to make your text stand out!

Basic Styles

Style	Markdown
bold	**bold** or __bold__
italics	*italics* or _italics_
bold italics	***bold italics*** or ___bold italics___
strikethrough	~~strikethrough~~

Code Blocks

You can use code blocks for text that needs to be easily copied, such as code.

Single-line Code Block

Style	Markdown
This is a single-line code block!	`This is a single-line code block!`

This is how it looks on Revolt:

Multi-line Code Block

Style

This is a multi-line code block!

let x = "This is a multi-line code block, with the language set to JS"

Markdown

```
This is a multi-line code block!
```

```js
let x = "This is a multi-line code block, with the language set to JS"
```

This is how it looks on Revolt:

tip

The language display, shown above as a purple button, also acts as a copy button - if you click on it, the entire contents of the code block get pasted into your clipboard! This is especially useful for code blocks that contain a lot of text.

Block Quotes

You can use Block Quotes to signify a quote. The block quote can be multiple levels deep.

Style

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

— Wayne Dyer

trash can sus

Markdown

> > If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
>
> — Wayne Dyer

trash can sus

danger

Three Block Quotes on a single line will not quote the whole message - it will make the first line a triple-quote.

tip

You need to put an empty line after every Block Quote to signify the end of the Block Quote.

Spoilers

You can hide spoilers using spoiler tags.

Simply wrap your spoiler in two exclamation marks before and after, and the text will only be revealed after an additional click.

Example

The impostor is !!jan!!

Links

You can embed links in regular text.

Style	Markdown
Revolt	[Revolt](https://revolt.chat)

Headings

You can add headings to your messages. The lower the heading number, the larger the text. The smallest heading is 6.

Style

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Markdown

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Tables

You can create tables in your messages.

Style

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Cell 4	Cell 5	Cell 6
Cell 7	Cell 8	Cell 9

Markdown

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   | Cell 3   |
| Cell 4   | Cell 5   | Cell 6   |
| Cell 7   | Cell 8   | Cell 9   |

Lists

You can create lists in your messages, such as unordered lists (*, +, -) and ordered lists (1., 2., 3.).

Style

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

Markdown

* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

KaTeX

You can use KaTeX to render math and some other advanced markup in your messages.

Style	KaTeX
$x^2$	$x^2$
$\sin(x)$	$\sin(x)$
$\frac{x}{y}$	$\frac{x}{y}$
$\sqrt{x^2}$	$\sqrt{x^2}$
$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i$	$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i$
$\lim_{x \to \infty}$	$\lim_{x \to \infty}$
$\color{red}\textsf{Red Text}$	$\color{red}\textsf{Red Text}$
$\colorbox{red}{{\color{white}\textsf{White Text with Red Background}}}$	$\colorbox{red}{{\color{white}\textsf{White Text with Red Background}}}$

See KaTeX's documentation for more information.

Timestamps

You can display timestamps in your messages. The format requires you to get the time as a Unix timestamp. You can do this with online services like unixtimestamp.com.

Style	Markdown
01:37	<t:1663846662:t>
01:37:42	<t:1663846662:T>
22 September 2022 02:37	<t:1663846662:d>
22 September 2022	<t:1663846662:D>
22 September 2022 01:37	<t:1663846662:f>
Thursday, 22 September 2022 01:37	<t:1663846662:F>
in 9 months (f.e.)	<t:1663846662:R>

Emoji

You can use emoji in your messages. This allows you to express yourself in a more human way.

Style	Markdown
	:cowboy_hat_face:
	:flushed:
	:heart_eyes:
	:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

You can see the full list of emoji shortcodes using auto-completion - simply start typing with a :.