Markdown TOC Generator — Table of Contents
Build a linked Markdown table of contents from ATX headings (#). Choose GitHub, GitLab or Pandoc slug styles, plus depth and list options. Fenced code is ignored.
Developer notes
This version accepts pasted text only, with no file selection or drop. The limit is 64 KiB of UTF-8 text. Only ATX headings (# Title) are read. Setext headings are not supported. Duplicate anchors get a small warning badge in the Rendered view. Switch to Raw Markdown to copy the TOC source.
Options
- Anchor slug style
- How anchor links are built: GitHub, GitLab or Pandoc rules.
- Heading depth range
- The first and last heading levels that appear in the table of contents.
- TOC list marker
- Marker of each entry: dash, asterisk, plus or ordered numbers.
- Include first H1
- Adds the first H1 heading to the table of contents. It is left out by default.
Use cases
Add a table of contents to a README or a documentation page. Match the anchors of GitHub, GitLab or Pandoc. Pair it with the other Text & Markdown tools of the hub.
Examples
Table of contents of a README
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Formatting inside a heading
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Related tools
Part of the text tools hub. See also beautify-markdown.
Markdown TOC generator FAQ
Privacy and limits
Is my text uploaded?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser.
What is the size limit?
64 KiB of UTF-8 text per input.
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