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title: "Text panel plugin for Grafana"
description: "Supports markdown and html content. Text panel plugin for Grafana by Grafana Labs. Available in Grafana Cloud and self-managed Grafana."
---

> This is the Markdown version of https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/text/

# Text

- Developer: Grafana Labs
- Version: 5.0.0

# Text Panel - Native Plugin

The Text Panel is **included** with Grafana.

The Text Panel is a very simple panel that displays text. The source text is written in the Markdown syntax meaning you can format the text. Read [GitHub's Mastering Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/) to learn more.