Message formatting and Markdown

Astral understands Markdown in the composer. You can paste the snippets below as-is.

Text

• bold
• *italic*
• *bold italic*
• __underline__
• ~~strikethrough~~
• ` code `
• ||spoiler||
• \* — escape a special character

Dim subtext: a line that starts with -# .

Structure

• Headings: #, ##, ###, ####
• Lists: - item or 1. item; nest with two spaces
• Quote: > at the start of a line, or >>> through the rest of the message
• Code block:

``
`js
console.log("hello");
`
``

• Table:

``
| Left | Center | Right |
|:-----|:------:|------:|
| A | B | C |
``

Links and callouts

• text — masked link
• <https://astraof.com> — shown as-is
• Callouts: > [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING], [!CAUTION]

Time and mentions

• <t:1618936830:R> — relative time. Other suffixes: t T d D f F s
• @name, @role, @everyone, @here — if you have permission

Block spoiler: a || line, then the text, then a closing ||.

Display options (dense mode, font size 12–24 px) live in Look & Feel → Messages on desktop.