Markdown Table

What it's for

Make a Markdown table without lining up pipes by hand. Paste CSV or spreadsheet cells, or tidy an existing Markdown table so its columns line up.

For example, when you want a table from a spreadsheet in a README, a GitHub issue or your notes, or someone’s hand-made Markdown table has gone ragged.

How to use it

Paste a Markdown table, CSV, or rows copied from a spreadsheet, and choose Make table. The first row becomes the header. Tick Line up the columns to pad the cells so the table reads well as plain text too. An existing Markdown table keeps its column alignment (left, centre or right).

Example

Paste this and choose Make table:

Fruit,Price,Stock
Apples,£1.20,40
Blueberries,£2.50,12

With Line up the columns ticked, the result is:

| Fruit       | Price | Stock |
| ----------- | ----- | ----- |
| Apples      | £1.20 | 40    |
| Blueberries | £2.50 | 12    |

Good to know

Markdown tables can’t merge cells or hold line breaks inside a cell. Pipes (|) inside a cell need escaping as \| in most Markdown renderers.