using-streamlit-markdown
Using Markdown in Streamlit
Streamlit supports Markdown throughout its API—in st.markdown(), widget labels, help tooltips, metrics, st.table() cells, and more. Beyond standard GitHub-flavored Markdown, Streamlit adds colored text, badges, icons, and LaTeX.
Quick reference
| Feature | Syntax | Example | Works in labels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | **text** |
**Bold** |
✓ |
| Italic | *text* |
*Italic* |
✓ |
| Strikethrough | ~text~ |
~Strikethrough~ |
✓ |
| Inline code | `code` |
`variable` |
✓ |
| Code block | ```lang...``` |
```python...``` |
✗ |
| Link | [text](url) |
[Streamlit](https://streamlit.io) |
✓ |
| Image |  |
 |
✓ |
| Heading | # to ###### |
## Section |
✗ |
| Blockquote | > text |
> Note |
✗ |
| Horizontal rule | --- |
--- |
✗ |
| Unordered list | - item |
- First- Second |
✗ |
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