HTML to Markdown

An HTML to Markdown converter parses HTML markup and translates each element to its Markdown equivalent. Headings become # prefixes, bold text becomes **asterisks**, code blocks become backtick fences, and tables are converted to GFM pipe-table syntax. The result is a lightweight plain-text document that can be edited in any text editor and rendered back to HTML by any Markdown processor.

Common use cases include migrating web pages or CMS content to a Markdown-based static site generator like Hugo, Jekyll, or Astro; extracting readable text from HTML emails; authoring README files from existing documentation; and reducing content size before storing it in a Git repository or headless CMS.

Yes. HTML tables are converted to GFM pipe-table syntax, which is supported by GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, VS Code preview, Obsidian, and most modern Markdown processors. Column count is preserved and cell content is escaped where needed.

You can paste full-page HTML and the converter will process all recognised elements. Navigation menus, scripts, and style blocks that have no Markdown equivalent are stripped from the output. The resulting Markdown contains only the prose content.

Both ordered and unordered lists are converted recursively. Each nesting level is indented by two spaces. Ordered lists use the original numeric sequence from the HTML. Mixed nesting (ordered inside unordered and vice versa) is preserved correctly.

Images are converted to the Markdown image syntax . The alt attribute is preserved. If no alt text is present, an empty pair of brackets is used. The src URL is kept as-is so images continue to resolve correctly.

Yes. Inline code uses single backticks and fenced code blocks use triple backticks. The language hint from the class attribute (e.g. class="language-javascript") is extracted and placed after the opening fence for syntax highlighting in compatible renderers.

Reference Links mode collects all hyperlinks and images at the bottom of the document as a numbered reference list. This improves readability for documents with many repeated URLs and is the preferred style in some style guides and documentation frameworks.

Each line of a blockquote element is prefixed with a > character. Nested blockquotes produce nested > > prefixes. Blockquotes that contain paragraphs, lists, or code blocks maintain the prefix on every line.

Yes. Switch to Preview mode and the converter renders the generated Markdown back to HTML in a sandboxed panel. This lets you verify that headings, lists, tables, and emphasis look correct before copying the Markdown.

All conversion happens entirely in your browser using vanilla JavaScript. No HTML content is sent to any server. You can disconnect from the internet and the tool continues to work, which makes it safe for internal documentation, proprietary code, and private content.

The strong element becomes **text**, em becomes *text*, and del becomes ~~text~~. Combinations such as strong inside em produce ***text***. The kbd element becomes `key` inline code, abbr elements include their title in square brackets, and sup/sub are kept as literal text with a note.

Yes. Use the Open File button to load any local .html or .htm file. The file is read by the browser's FileReader API and the conversion begins immediately. Files are never uploaded to a server.

You can download the Markdown output as a .md file with a single click. The filename is derived from the page title element when present. You can also copy the output to the clipboard with a one-click Copy button.

Common named entities such as &, <, >, ",  , —, –, and © are decoded to their Unicode characters before conversion. Numeric character references are also decoded. This produces clean, readable Markdown without HTML entity sequences.

The hr element is converted to three hyphens --- on its own line, which is the standard Markdown thematic break syntax. A blank line is added before and after to ensure correct parsing.

When Strip formatting is enabled, inline emphasis markers (bold, italic, strikethrough) are removed from the output, producing plain prose text. This is useful when you want to extract readable content without stylistic markup.

Yes. The dual-panel layout shows the HTML input on the left and the Markdown output on the right simultaneously. You can also switch to a diff view or preview mode to inspect the conversion result in detail.

Yes. HTML dl, dt, and dd elements are converted to a readable Markdown-compatible format. The definition term is bolded and the definition description follows on the next line with a colon prefix, which is compatible with extended Markdown processors that support definition lists.