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Markdown

MDX

With Nextra, all your .mdx files under the pages directory will be rendered with MDX, it's an advanced Markdown format with React component support.

For example, you can use import and use React components inside your Markdown files like this:

Markdown
## Hello MDX
 
import { useState } from 'react'
 
export function Counter({ children }) {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
  return <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>
    {children}{count}
  </button>
}
 
<Counter>**Clicks**: </Counter>

Generates:

Besides basic MDX, Nextra also has some advanced Markdown features built-in.

GitHub Flavored Markdown

GFM is an extension of Markdown, created by GitHub, that adds support for strikethrough, task lists, tables, and more.

Strikethrough

removed

Markdown
~~removed~~

Task List

  • Write the press release
  • Update the website
  • Contact the media
Markdown
- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media

Table

SyntaxDescriptionTest Text
HeaderTitleHere's this
ParagraphTextAnd more
StrikethroughText
Markdown
| Syntax        | Description |   Test Text |
| :------------ | :---------: | ----------: |
| Header        |    Title    | Here's this |
| Paragraph     |    Text     |    And more |
| Strikethrough |             |    ~~Text~~ |

Autolinks

Visit https://nextjs.org.

Visit https://nextjs.org.

Extended Syntax Highlighting

Nextra supports automatic syntax highlighting:

console.log('hello, world')
Markdown
```js
console.log('hello, world')
```

Inlined syntax highlighting is also supported let x = 1 via:

Markdown
Inlined syntax highlighting is also supported `let x = 1{:jsx}` via:

(todo: line number and copy)

Read more about the syntax highlighting in the next section: