Markdown to Jira (Wiki Markup) Converter
Jira and (legacy) Confluence use Atlassian Wiki Markup, not Markdown. So when you copy a doc / changelog / bug report from elsewhere into a Jira ticket, the formatting breaks. This converter does Markdown → Wiki Markup translation: **bold** becomes *bold*, `code` becomes {{code}}, fenced code blocks become {code} blocks, headers map correctly.
How to use the Markdown to Jira (Wiki Markup) Converter
Paste Markdown on the left; Jira / Confluence Wiki Markup updates on the right. Paste the output into a Jira description, Confluence wiki page, or any other Atlassian editor that supports Wiki Markup.
About Markdown to Jira (Wiki Markup) Converter
Atlassian Wiki Markup is the formatting language used by older Confluence and (still) by Jira. It predates Markdown by years and has slightly different syntax for the same concepts:
| Concept | Markdown | Jira Wiki |
|---|---|---|
| Heading 1 | # Title | h1. Title |
| Bold | **bold** | *bold* |
| Italic | *italic* | _italic_ |
| Inline code | `code` | {{code}} |
| Code block | ```js | {code:js} |
| Link | [text](url) | [text|url] |
| Bullet | - item | * item |
| Numbered | 1. item | # item |
| Quote | > quote | bq. quote |
Modern Confluence (Cloud) uses a WYSIWYG editor that does support pasting Markdown — but Jira still uses Wiki Markup for descriptions and comments.
Common use cases
- Pasting changelogs into Jira — most release notes are written in Markdown.
- Bug report formatting — keep formatted code examples and headers.
- Cross-tool transfer — moving content from GitHub / Notion (Markdown) to Jira / Confluence.