# GitHub Markdown Help

## Introduction

[Restyaboard](https://restya.com/board) is an open source alternative to Trello, but with smart additional features like offline sync, diff /revisions, nested comments, multiple view layouts, chat, and more. And since it is self-hosted, data, privacy, and IP security can be guaranteed.

Restyaboard is more like an electronic sticky note for organizing tasks and todos. Apart from this, it is ideal for Kanban, Agile, Gemba board and business process/workflow management. It can be extended with [productive plugins](https://restya.com/board/apps "productive plugins")

Today, several universities, automobile companies, government organizations, etc from across Europe take advantage of Restyaboard.

This document contains information about how to use Markdown for Comments and Description in Restyaboard.

### What you'll learn

*   How to use Markdown for Comments and Description in Restyaboardn

## GitHub Markdown Help

**GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)**

*   Restyaboard extends the standard Markdown in a few significant ways to add some useful functionality. It was inspired by GitHub Flavored Markdown.
    
    For more details about Github Flavored Markdown, please visit [here](https://help.github.com/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax/)