# remark-footnotes [![Build][build-badge]][build] [![Coverage][coverage-badge]][coverage] [![Downloads][downloads-badge]][downloads] [![Size][size-badge]][size] [![Sponsors][sponsors-badge]][collective] [![Backers][backers-badge]][collective] [![Chat][chat-badge]][chat] [**remark**][remark] plugin to add support for footnotes. ## Install [npm][]: ```sh npm install remark-footnotes ``` ## Use Say we have the following file, `example.md`: ```markdown Here is a footnote reference,[^1] another,[^longnote], and optionally there are inline notes.^[you can type them inline, which may be easier, since you don’t have to pick an identifier and move down to type the note.] [^1]: Here is the footnote. [^longnote]: Here’s one with multiple blocks. Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they belong to the previous footnote. { some.code } The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like multi-paragraph list items. This paragraph won’t be part of the note, because it isn’t indented. ``` And our script, `example.js`, looks as follows: ```js var vfile = require('to-vfile') var unified = require('unified') var markdown = require('remark-parse') var remark2rehype = require('remark-rehype') var format = require('rehype-format') var html = require('rehype-stringify') var footnotes = require('remark-footnotes') unified() .use(markdown) .use(footnotes, {inlineNotes: true}) .use(remark2rehype) .use(format) .use(html) .process(vfile.readSync('example.md'), function (err, file) { if (err) throw err console.log(String(file)) }) ``` Now, running `node example` yields: ```html

Here is a footnote reference,1 another,longnote, and optionally there are inline notes.2

This paragraph won’t be part of the note, because it isn’t indented.


  1. Here is the footnote.

  2. Here’s one with multiple blocks.

    Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they belong to the previous footnote.

    { some.code }
    

    The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like multi-paragraph list items.

  3. you can type them inline, which may be easier, since you don’t have to pick an identifier and move down to type the note.

``` ## API ### `remark().use(footnotes[, options])` Plugin to add support for footnotes. ###### `options.inlineNotes` Whether to support `^[inline notes]` (`boolean`, default: `false`). ###### Notes * Labels, such as `[^this]` (in a footnote reference) or `[^this]:` (in a footnote definition) cannot contain whitespace * Image and link references cannot start with carets, so `![^this doesn’t work][]`, and `[^neither does this][]` ## Security Use of `remark-footnotes` does not involve [**rehype**][rehype] ([**hast**][hast]) or user content so there are no openings for [cross-site scripting (XSS)][xss] attacks. ## Related * [`remark-breaks`](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-breaks) — More breaks * [`remark-frontmatter`](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-frontmatter) — Frontmatter (yaml, toml, and more) support * [`remark-github`](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-github) — References to issues, PRs, comments, users, etc * [`remark-math`](https://github.com/rokt33r/remark-math) — Inline and block math ## Contribute See [`contributing.md`][contributing] in [`remarkjs/.github`][health] for ways to get started. See [`support.md`][support] for ways to get help. This project has a [code of conduct][coc]. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms. ## License [MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author] [build-badge]: https://img.shields.io/travis/remarkjs/remark-footnotes/main.svg [build]: https://travis-ci.org/remarkjs/remark-footnotes [coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/remarkjs/remark-footnotes.svg [coverage]: https://codecov.io/github/remarkjs/remark-footnotes [downloads-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/remark-footnotes.svg [downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/remark-footnotes [size-badge]: https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/minzip/remark-footnotes.svg [size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=remark-footnotes [sponsors-badge]: https://opencollective.com/unified/sponsors/badge.svg [backers-badge]: https://opencollective.com/unified/backers/badge.svg [collective]: https://opencollective.com/unified [chat-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-discussions-success.svg [chat]: https://github.com/remarkjs/remark/discussions [npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install [health]: https://github.com/remarkjs/.github [contributing]: https://github.com/remarkjs/.github/blob/HEAD/contributing.md [support]: https://github.com/remarkjs/.github/blob/HEAD/support.md [coc]: https://github.com/remarkjs/.github/blob/HEAD/code-of-conduct.md [license]: license [author]: https://wooorm.com [remark]: https://github.com/remarkjs/remark [xss]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [rehype]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype [hast]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast