Markdown basics

Everything you write in Caliu is markdown, but you do not need to know markdown to use it. Type the syntax and the formatting appears in place, live, as you type. The symbols fade into styled text and the note stays plain markdown underneath, portable forever.

Headings

Start a line with #, ##, or ###:

# Big heading
## Section heading
### Small heading

Bold and italic

Wrap text in asterisks:

**bold text** and *italic text*

Lists

Start lines with - for bullets or 1. for numbers:

- First idea
- Second idea

1. Step one
2. Step two

Links

Use square brackets for the text and parentheses for the URL:

[Caliu](https://caliuapp.com)

And more

Quotes start with >, tasks with - [ ], and code lives between backticks. If you prefer buttons over syntax, the editor toolbar covers all of this too. See the Writing & Editor section for the full tour.

Markdown basics · Caliu Help