Full disclosure: JotBird was created by the author of The Markdown Guide.
JotBird is the fastest way to publish Markdown as a web page. You write Markdown in your browser — with a live preview as you type — and publish it to a shareable URL in one click. No setup, no static-site generator, no hosting to configure. If you’ve ever written something in Markdown and then wondered how to actually get it online, that’s the gap JotBird fills.
It’s also a genuinely good editor to write in: distraction-free, fast, with your draft saved locally so there’s nothing to install. But the editor is the means, not the end. The point is that what you write becomes a real page other people can read.
JotBird supports a wide range of Markdown features, including GitHub-style tables, task lists, strikethrough, emoji shortcodes, footnotes, and syntax highlighting in fenced code blocks. Images can be pasted directly into the editor and upload automatically when you publish. Publishing is free. Anonymous documents stay live for 30 days; a Pro account ($29/year) makes links permanent and adds custom URLs and themes.
JotBird provides support for the following Markdown elements.
| Element | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | Yes | |
| Paragraphs | Yes | |
| Line Breaks | Yes | |
| Bold | Yes | |
| Italic | Yes | |
| Blockquotes | Yes | |
| Ordered Lists | Yes | |
| Unordered Lists | Yes | |
| Code | Yes | |
| Horizontal Rules | Yes | |
| Links | Yes | |
| Images | Yes | |
| Tables | Yes | |
| Fenced Code Blocks | Yes | |
| Syntax Highlighting | Yes | |
| Footnotes | Yes | |
| Heading IDs | Yes | |
| Definition Lists | Yes | |
| Strikethrough | Yes | |
| Task Lists | Yes | |
| Emoji (copy and paste) | Yes | |
| Emoji (shortcodes) | Yes | |
| Highlight | Yes | |
| Subscript | Yes | |
| Superscript | Yes | |
| Automatic URL Linking | Yes | |
| Disabling Automatic URL Linking | Yes | |
| HTML | Yes |
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