@@ -437,6 +437,18 @@ Import code from external files:
 
 Shortcodes convert to unicode: `:tada:` becomes :tada:, `:rocket:` becomes :rocket:.
 
+### Footnotes
+
+Reference a footnote inline and define it anywhere in the document:
+
+```md
+Here is a statement with a footnote.[^1]
+
+[^1]: And here is the footnote body.
+```
+
+The references and definitions render into a linked footnote list at the end of the content.
+
 ### Attributes
 
 Add classes, IDs, or attributes to any element:
 
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Full VitePress-parity feature set:
 - **Custom containers** — `:::tip`, `:::info`, `:::warning`, `:::danger`, `:::details`
 - **GitHub alerts** — `> [!NOTE]`, `> [!TIP]`, `> [!WARNING]`, `> [!IMPORTANT]`, `> [!CAUTION]`
 - **Emoji** — `:emoji_name:` shortcodes
+- **Footnotes** — `text[^1]` refs with matching `[^1]: definition` blocks
 - **Attributes** — `{.class #id}` on elements via `markdown-it-attrs`
 - **Anchor links** — auto-generated heading anchors
 - **Table of contents** — `[[toc]]` directive
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ import '@void/md/theme.css'; // or theme-content.css
 
 ## Tests
 
-- `test/unit/compile.test.ts` — compilation pipeline: basic, frontmatter, title extraction, headings, Shiki, emoji, anchors
+- `test/unit/compile.test.ts` — compilation pipeline: basic, frontmatter, title extraction, headings, Shiki, emoji, footnotes, anchors
 - `test/unit/extract-script.test.ts` — script extraction: island imports, client code, edge cases
 - `test/unit/plugins.test.ts` — markdown-it plugins: containers, GitHub alerts, links, images, line numbers, emoji, TOC
 - `test/unit/emit-vue.test.ts` — Vue component emission with and without islands
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "markdown-it-attrs": "^4.3.1",
     "markdown-it-container": "^4.0.0",
     "markdown-it-emoji": "^3.0.0",
+    "markdown-it-footnote": "^4.0.0",
     "pathe": "catalog:",
     "shiki": "^4.0.2",
     "tinyglobby": "^0.2.16"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { RuleCore, Token } from 'markdown-exit';
 import anchor from 'markdown-it-anchor';
 import attrs from 'markdown-it-attrs';
 import { full as emoji } from 'markdown-it-emoji';
+import footnote from 'markdown-it-footnote';
 import { createHighlighter, bundledLanguages, isSpecialLang, type BundledLanguage } from 'shiki';
 import { containerPlugin } from './plugins/containers.ts';
 import { gitHubAlertsPlugin } from './plugins/github-alerts.ts';
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ async function createCompiler(options?: CompileOptions): Promise<MarkdownExit> {
   // Emoji shortcodes
   markdown.use(emoji);
 
+  // Footnotes: `text[^1]` refs with matching `[^1]: definition` blocks.
+  // Registered after emoji and before anchor so footnote back-reference
+  // markers are not themselves treated as heading-anchor targets.
+  markdown.use(footnote);
+
   // Heading anchors
   // @ts-expect-error markdown-it-anchor types reference @types/markdown-it, structurally incompatible with markdown-exit
   markdown.use(anchor, {
@@ -173,10 +179,16 @@ export async function compile(source: string, options?: CompileOptions): Promise
   const { data: frontmatter, content } = matter(source);
   const compiler = await getCompiler(options);
 
-  const env: Record<string, unknown> = {};
-  const tokens = compiler.parse(content, env);
+  // Each markdown-it call gets its OWN fresh env. `renderAsync` re-parses
+  // internally, so sharing one env across `parse` and `renderAsync` makes
+  // stateful plugins double-accumulate — markdown-it-footnote would append its
+  // footnote refs/defs to the same `env.footnotes` twice, producing duplicated
+  // footnote lists and wrong fn/fnref ids. A fresh env per call keeps the two
+  // parses independent. Heading/TOC extraction is unaffected: anchor ids are
+  // derived per-parse from the (identical) content, not from shared env state.
+  const tokens = compiler.parse(content, {});
   const headings = extractHeadings(tokens);
-  const html = await compiler.renderAsync(content, env);
+  const html = await compiler.renderAsync(content, {});
 
   const title =
     (frontmatter.title as string) ?? headings.find((heading) => heading.depth === 1)?.text ?? '';
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ declare module 'markdown-it-container' {
   export default plugin;
 }
 
+declare module 'markdown-it-footnote' {
+  const plugin: (md: unknown, ...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
+  export default plugin;
+}
+
 declare module '*.vue' {
   import type { DefineComponent } from 'vue';
   const component: DefineComponent<{}, {}, unknown>;
 
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import MarkdownExit from 'markdown-exit';
 import type { Token } from 'markdown-exit';
 import anchor from 'markdown-it-anchor';
+import footnote from 'markdown-it-footnote';
 import type { Heading } from './compile.ts';
 
 let metadataCompiler: MarkdownExit | null = null;
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ function getMetadataCompiler(): MarkdownExit {
     return metadataCompiler;
   }
   const markdown = new MarkdownExit({ html: true, linkify: true });
+  // Footnotes must run before anchor so a `text[^1]` ref in a heading is turned
+  // into a footnote_ref token (excluded from heading text) rather than staying
+  // literal. Keeps metadata heading text/slug in sync with the rendered anchor
+  // ids from `compile()`; otherwise `@void/md/pages` links break for such
+  // headings. Registration order mirrors `createCompiler` in compile.ts.
+  markdown.use(footnote);
   // @ts-expect-error markdown-it-anchor types reference @types/markdown-it, structurally incompatible with markdown-exit
   markdown.use(anchor, {
     permalink: anchor.permalink.ariaHidden({ placement: 'before' }),
 
@@ -87,6 +87,27 @@ describe('compile', () => {
     expect(result.html).toContain('my-heading');
   });
 
+  it('renders footnotes exactly once (no double-accumulation from shared env)', async () => {
+    const result = await compile('Here is a footnote reference.[^1]\n\n[^1]: The footnote body.');
+    // Ref marker, back-reference target, and the footnote block each appear once.
+    expect(result.html.match(/id="fnref1"/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.html.match(/id="fn1"/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.html.match(/class="footnotes"/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.html.match(/class="footnote-item"/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.html).toContain('The footnote body.');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps heading extraction intact alongside footnotes', async () => {
+    const result = await compile('# Title\n\n## Section\n\nBody with a note.[^n]\n\n[^n]: note');
+    // Fresh-env fix must not regress TOC/heading ids.
+    expect(result.headings).toMatchObject([
+      { depth: 1, text: 'Title' },
+      { depth: 2, text: 'Section', slug: 'section' },
+    ]);
+    expect(result.html).toContain('id="section"');
+    expect(result.html.match(/class="footnotes"/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it('handles empty source', async () => {
     const result = await compile('');
     expect(result.html).toBe('');
 
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vite-plus/test';
+import { compile } from '../../src/compile.ts';
+import { extractMetadata } from '../../src/metadata.ts';
+
+describe('extractMetadata', () => {
+  it('extracts headings, title, and frontmatter', () => {
+    const result = extractMetadata('---\ntitle: Doc\n---\n\n# Heading\n\n## Section');
+    expect(result.title).toBe('Doc');
+    expect(result.frontmatter.title).toBe('Doc');
+    expect(result.headings).toMatchObject([
+      { depth: 1, text: 'Heading', slug: 'heading' },
+      { depth: 2, text: 'Section', slug: 'section' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('strips footnote refs from heading text/slug to match rendered anchor ids', async () => {
+    const source = '## API[^1]\n\nBody[^1].\n\n[^1]: note';
+
+    const meta = extractMetadata(source);
+    expect(meta.headings).toMatchObject([{ depth: 2, text: 'API', slug: 'api' }]);
+
+    // The metadata slug must equal the id actually rendered by compile(),
+    // so links built from `@void/md/pages` resolve to a real anchor.
+    const compiled = await compile(source);
+    expect(meta.headings[0]?.slug).toBe(compiled.headings[0]?.slug);
+    expect(compiled.html).toContain('id="api"');
+  });
+});