How To Add a Hyperlink Over Text in GitHub (Markdown, Issues, and More)

Adding a clickable link over text in GitHub isn’t done with a special “link button” inside GitHub itself. Instead, GitHub relies on Markdown, a simple text formatting language. Once you understand how Markdown links work, you can add hyperlinks in:

• README files
• Wiki pages
• Issues and pull requests
• Comments and code review discussions

The key idea: you write a short text snippet that Markdown turns into a clickable link when GitHub renders the page.

The Basics: How GitHub Markdown Links Work

In GitHub, you almost always create a hyperlink over text using this Markdown pattern: