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Gemtext

The native document format for Gemini. Line-oriented: the first characters of each line determine its type.

Syntax Reference

Prefix Type Notes
# '' | H1 heading | | | ''## '' | H2 heading | | | ''### '' | H3 heading | | | ''⇒ URL Link One per line; no inline links
⇒ URL Text Link with label
* '' | List item | Unordered only | | ''> '' | Blockquote | | | ''` `` ` Preformatted toggle Everything between two toggles is literal
(anything else) Body paragraph

Design Constraints

Subscription Convention

Gemlogs use YYYY-MM-DD at the start of link labels so clients can detect and subscribe to new entries automatically:

=> /posts/2026-05-26-post.gmi 2026-05-26 Post title

See Also