emoji-cheat-sheet

This repository is a reference sheet listing every emoji you can use in GitHub Markdown and similar platforms, along with the text shortcodes that produce each one. When you type something like :grinning: or :thumbsup: in a GitHub comment or README file, the platform replaces that text with the corresponding emoji image. This cheat sheet tells you what to type to get any specific emoji.

The list is automatically generated from two sources: the GitHub Emoji API and the official Unicode emoji catalog. This means it stays current as new emoji are added to either source, rather than being a manually maintained document that can fall behind.

The content is organized by category. The main groups are Smileys and Emotion, People and Body, Animals and Nature, Food and Drink, Travel and Places, Activities, Objects, Symbols, Flags, and a final section for GitHub-specific custom emoji that are not part of the standard Unicode set. Within each main group there are sub-sections covering specific themes, such as different kinds of faces, hand gestures, or types of food.

Each entry shows the rendered emoji, its shortcode in backtick notation showing exactly what to type, and sometimes a second shortcode that produces the same emoji, since some emoji have aliases. Navigation links in the tables let you jump back to the top of a section or to the main table of contents.

This is a pure reference document, not a software library. There is no code to install or run. You use it by browsing the page and copying the shortcode you need into your Markdown file. The README for this project is very long because it lists thousands of individual emoji in table format. The full README is longer than what was shown.