Are there any messaging apps supporting Markdown?

Question

I'd like to easily send formatted code, and bullet points, etc. through a messaging app without having to resort to a heavy app like Slack.

westurner · Accepted Answer

Mattermost supports CommonMark Markdown: https://docs.mattermost.com/help/messaging/formatting-text.h...
Zulip supports ~CommonMark Markdown: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/markdown.h...
Reddit supports Markdown. https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown
Discourse now supports CommonMark Markdown.
GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab and Gogs/Gitea support Markdown.

walterbell · Answer

Wire supports a subset of markdown syntax, https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002676029-Use-...You can register for a free personal account with only an email, no requirement for phone number or contacts upload.

shakna · Answer

Riot seems to support a subset of Markdown. You should be able to use any Matrix client you feel like.

winrid · Answer

To respond to OP: https://volt-app.com/Related discussion: I've built FastComments to be "realtime" and support markdown. Been thinking of reusing the infrastructure to launch a little chat app, but not sure what the killer feature would be aside from being lightweight...Edited to add Volt link.

Jugurtha · Answer

WhatsApp supports italic, bold, strikethrough, and monospace using backticks you could use for source code, though no syntax highlighting[1].[1]: https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/chats/how-to-format-your-me...

wooptoo · Answer

Telegram has some support. I believe it's an incomplete implementation.

saurik · Answer

WhatsApp isn't "markdown", but supports code blocks using triple backquote (and uses underscore for italics and star for bold, which I think is a lot better than markdown anyway).

scrollaway · Answer

Discord works great, lighter than slack.

Are there any messaging apps supporting Markdown?

I'd like to easily send formatted code, and bullet points, etc. through a messaging app without having to resort to a heavy app like Slack.

Wire supports a subset of markdown syntax, https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002676029-Use-...
You can register for a free personal account with only an email, no requirement for phone number or contacts upload.

Riot seems to support a subset of Markdown. You should be able to use any Matrix client you feel like.

To respond to OP: https://volt-app.com/
Related discussion: I've built FastComments to be "realtime" and support markdown. Been thinking of reusing the infrastructure to launch a little chat app, but not sure what the killer feature would be aside from being lightweight...
Edited to add Volt link.

WhatsApp supports italic, bold, strikethrough, and monospace using backticks you could use for source code, though no syntax highlighting[1].
[1]: https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/chats/how-to-format-your-me...

Telegram has some support. I believe it's an incomplete implementation.

WhatsApp isn't "markdown", but supports code blocks using triple backquote (and uses underscore for italics and star for bold, which I think is a lot better than markdown anyway).

Discord works great, lighter than slack.