Markdown for Confluence is a tool that lets you create and edit content in Confluence using plain Markdown. Instead of being tied to Confluence’s native editor, you can write in a lightweight, familiar syntax and instantly render it into styled content on your pages.

With Markdown for Confluence, you can draft content in your preferred Markdown editor or import Markdown files directly into Confluence. Once added, the text renders automatically, keeping the formatting intact. This makes it easy to bring in technical documentation, developer notes, or content from repositories without reformatting. You can also use it for quick, distraction-free writing in plain text that later becomes styled content when viewed in Confluence.

Markdown offers speed and simplicity. Writers and developers who are already comfortable with Markdown can keep using it without switching contexts. It also helps keep formatting consistent, especially when content is moved between systems like GitHub, GitLab, or other Markdown-based documentation tools. For teams, it reduces the friction of reformatting and ensures documents look clean and professional with minimal effort.

Markdown for Confluence is especially useful for technical teams who live in Markdown daily, such as developers, engineers, and product teams managing documentation across codebases and Confluence. It is equally valuable for knowledge managers who want a faster way to draft structured content, or for anyone who prefers writing in Markdown rather than using a WYSIWYG editor.

You either paste or import Markdown text into a Confluence page using the Markdown macro. The app instantly converts the syntax into formatted content, including headings, lists, links, code blocks, and tables. You can edit the Markdown directly at any time, and the preview updates automatically so you always know what your published page will look like.

Markdown for Confluence is included as part of the Capable for Confluence suite. It comes alongside other capabilities like Approvals, Publishing, Diagrams, Macros, Calendars, and Image Library, so you get Markdown as part of a complete content toolkit under a single license.