Render markdown in project descriptions #11900

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opened 2025-11-02 09:51:21 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @rhdunn on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023).

Feature Description

Currently, project descriptions do not support markdown.

This can be useful for formatting the text, adding several paragraphs to the description, adding links, etc..

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Originally created by @rhdunn on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023). ### Feature Description Currently, project descriptions do not support markdown. This can be useful for formatting the text, adding several paragraphs to the description, adding links, etc.. ### Screenshots _No response_
GiteaMirror added the type/proposal label 2025-11-02 09:51:21 -06:00
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@JakobDev commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2023):

Markdown is already supported, but not mentioned. The Field also don't use the markdown editor. I will create a PR for this.

@JakobDev commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2023): Markdown is already supported, but not mentioned. The Field also don't use the markdown editor. I will create a PR for this.
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@Jaffex commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2024):

It currently seems that the project description in the repository scope does render markdown while the project description in the organisation scope does not.

@Jaffex commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2024): It currently seems that the project description in the repository scope does render markdown while the project description in the organisation scope does not.
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@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2024):

The project description is rendered as markdown now:

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@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2024): The project description is rendered as markdown now: ![image](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/assets/2114189/9bacfe75-35db-45f7-a48d-ac6a9d6d623b)
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Reference: github-starred/gitea#11900