Lightweight text markup

Simplified text markup syntaxes, such as Markdown, AsciiDoc, and various wiki markups, used as lighter alternatives to full typesetting systems.

• Creole
• Markua (by LeanPub)
• txt2tags
• MediaWiki Syntax
• DokuWiki
• Vimwiki
• Podlite
• reStructuredText

AsciiDoc

• AsciiDoc
• AsciiDoc Language Project
• AsciiDoc Language Documentation
• AsciiDoc Syntax Quick Reference

Markdown

• Markdown - John Gruber, Daring Fireball
• CommonMark
• MarkDoc
• GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec
• The Markdown Guide