Markdown and diagrams

Markdown, tables, links, pictures, math and Mermaid

Markdown

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
CommonMark syntax	✅	✅	✅	❌
GitHub Flavored Markdown	✅	✅	✅	❌
Six heading levels	✅	✅	✅	❌
Heading anchor links	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bold and italic	✅	✅	✅	❌
Strikethrough text	✅	✅	✅	❌
Inline code spans	✅	✅	✅	❌
Hard line breaks	✅	✅	✅	❌
Nested lists	✅	✅	✅	❌
Outline-style numbering	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested blockquotes	✅	✅	✅	❌
Hanging-indent quotes	✅	❌	❌	❌
GitHub alert callouts	✅	✅	✅	❌
Horizontal rules	✅	✅	✅	❌
Collapsible sections	✅	✅	✅	❌
Text in any language	✅	✅	✅	❌
Footnotes with back-links	✅	✅	✅	❌
Emoji shortcodes	✅	❌	✅	❌
Issue and PR links	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cross-repository issue links	✅	❌	❌	❌
Mentions and team mentions	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hex strings stay text	✅	✅	✅	❌
Inserted and highlighted text	✅	❌	❌	❌
Subscript and superscript	✅	❌	✅	❌
Keyboard key marks	✅	✅	✅	❌
Abbreviations with titles	✅	❌	❌	❌
Definition lists	✅	❌	❌	❌
Four text alignments	✅	❌	❌	❌
Author anchors by id	✅	❌	✅	❌
Line breaks with br	✅	✅	✅	❌
Scripts and iframes stripped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Accents through CJK	✅	✅	✅	❌
Multi-byte safe editing	✅	✅	✅	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Field table on top	✅	✅	❌	❌
Six field types	✅	✅	❌	❌
Obsidian field types read	✅	✅	❌	❌
Per-note field types	✅	❌	❌	❌
Dates in either order	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wide pages from cssclasses	✅	❌	❌	❌
Quoted items keep commas	✅	✅	❌	❌
Broken frontmatter still renders	✅	✅	✅	❌
Fields edited in place	✅	✅	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Syntax highlighting	✅	✅	✅	❌
Language badge shown	✅	❌	✅	❌
Copy button	✅	✅	❌	❌
Sideways scroll, badge pinned	✅	❌	?	❌
Twenty-plus languages	✅	✅	✅	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
GFM tables	✅	✅	✅	❌
Column alignment	✅	✅	✅	❌
Drag column widths	✅	❌	?	❌
Drag row heights	✅	❌	❌	❌
Double-click resets size	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested tables sized alone	✅	❌	❌	❌
Striped theme rows	✅	?	✅	❌
Formula cells kept right	✅	❌	❌	❌
One-cell tables as cards	✅	❌	❌	❌
Table or card switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Checkbox cells	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wide tables fill width	✅	❌	❌	❌
Faded sideways scroll	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ctrl-wheel sideways scroll	✅	❌	❌	❌
Narrow tables become cards	✅	❌	❌	❌
Small-capital card headings	✅	❌	❌	❌
Full-window tables	✅	❌	❌	❌
One-cell writes keep padding	✅	❌	❌	❌
Short rows not padded	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested tables edit cells	✅	❌	❌	❌
Widened tables stay centered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cards on muted lane	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plain card labels	✅	❌	❌	❌
Unheaded columns unlabeled	✅	❌	❌	❌
Modifier wheel scrolls sideways	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pinned widths never clip	✅	❌	❌	❌
Copy and expand buttons	✅	❌	❌	❌
Full-window glossary dimming	✅	❌	❌	❌
Sizes reset per document	✅	❌	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Task checkboxes	✅	✅	✅	❌
Task due dates	✅	❌	❌	❌
Colored by due date	✅	❌	❌	❌
Quick date menu	✅	❌	❌	❌
Undo date changes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Typed dates validated	✅	❌	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Inline and reference links	✅	✅	✅	❌
In-page anchor links	✅	✅	✅	❌
Bare URL autolinks	✅	✅	✅	❌
Links to any file	✅	✅	✅	❌
file:// links followed	✅	✅	✅	❌
Asks before running programs	✅	?	?	❌
Dead schemes shown dotted	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wiki links drawn	✅	✅	❌	❌
Wiki link display text	✅	✅	❌	❌
Wiki links to headings	✅	✅	❌	❌
Case-insensitive note names	✅	✅	❌	❌
Aliases resolve links	✅	✅	❌	❌
Missing note explained	✅	❌	✅	❌
Hover note previews	✅	✅	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Buttons from braces	✅	❌	❌	❌
Platform marks on buttons	✅	❌	❌	❌
Buttons wrap apart	✅	❌	❌	❌
Badges from inline code	✅	❌	❌	❌
Five badge tones	✅	❌	❌	❌
Custom hex badges	✅	❌	❌	❌
Four badge marks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Aligned status lists	✅	❌	❌	❌
Old badge spelling read	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plain code elsewhere	✅	❌	❌	❌
Badge from format bar	✅	❌	❌	❌
Badge from margin plus	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bar charts from lists	✅	❌	❌	❌
Amounts like 1.5M read	✅	❌	❌	❌
Shared scale per list	✅	❌	❌	❌
Percent bars drawn	✅	❌	❌	❌
Five colors or hex	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nested bar lists	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plain list elsewhere	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bars from margin plus	✅	❌	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Titled framed figures	✅	❌	❌	❌
Figures edited in place	✅	❌	❌	❌
Figures from margin plus	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plain figure elsewhere	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cards side by side	✅	❌	❌	❌
Compact card rows	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cards stack when narrow	✅	❌	❌	❌
Figure cards drawn	✅	❌	❌	❌
Color swatch cards	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cards from margin plus	✅	❌	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Relative and absolute paths	✅	✅	✅	❌
Nine picture formats	✅	❌	✅	❌
Space held while loading	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing picture mark	✅	✅	✅	❌
Live picture refresh	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wide pictures fit	✅	✅	✅	❌
Small pictures unscaled	✅	✅	✅	❌
Full-window picture view	✅	❌	❌	✅
Picture export, five formats	✅	❌	❌	❌
Export reuses copies	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pictures never overwritten	✅	❌	❌	❌
Export note opens file	✅	❌	❌	❌
Picture right-click menu	✅	✅	✅	✅
Picture on dimmed ground	✅	❌	❌	✅
Fitted, never cropped	✅	❌	❌	✅
Close mark near corner	✅	❌	❌	✅
Escape or click closes	✅	❌	❌	✅
Always the live file	✅	✅	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Inline math	✅	✅	✅	❌
Display math blocks	✅	✅	✅	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Mermaid diagrams	✅	✅	✅	❌
Broken diagrams explained	✅	✅	✅	❌
Suggested diagram fixes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nearby diagrams first	✅	❌	❌	❌
Place kept while drawing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Background diagram drawing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Find in undrawn diagrams	✅	❌	❌	❌
Theme-colored diagrams	✅	✅	❌	❌
Redrawn on theme change	✅	✅	❌	❌
Side-by-side bar series	✅	❌	❌	❌
Group titles unwrapped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drag to pan	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ctrl-wheel and pinch zoom	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagram zoom buttons	✅	❌	❌	❌
Fit and reset	✅	❌	❌	❌
Full-window diagrams	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagram export, five formats	✅	❌	❌	❌
Swap to Mermaid text	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open in flowchart editor	✅	❌	❌	❌
Boxes as links	✅	✅	?	❌
App icons in boxes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pictures in boxes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagram config lines	✅	✅	✅	❌
Failures stay separate	✅	✅	✅	❌
Stuck diagrams marked	✅	❌	❌	❌
Full view opens fitted	✅	❌	❌	❌
Focus returns afterward	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drawn heights remembered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Offscreen diagrams released	✅	❌	❌	❌
Clickable boxes when locked	✅	❌	❌	❌
Box icons never fetched	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bad box pictures marked	✅	❌	❌	❌
Box pictures from folder	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagram PDF own page	✅	❌	❌	❌
JPEG up to 65,535	✅	❌	❌	❌
WebP limit points PNG	✅	❌	❌	❌
Export from full view	✅	❌	❌	❌
Group titles get room	✅	❌	❌	❌
Broken source shown	✅	✅	✅	❌
Failures named by line	✅	✅	✅	❌