PDF to Markdown
Convert PDF files to clean Markdown. Free, no signup, no upload.
How It Works
Select a PDF and click Convert to Markdown. The tool parses the PDF's text and layout in your browser using a WebAssembly engine, reconstructs the reading order, and detects headings and tables to produce clean Markdown. Nothing is uploaded to a server. The engine (about 2 MB) loads on demand the first time you convert.
Limitations
This tool reads the text layer embedded in a PDF. Scanned or image-only pages have no text to extract and will be flagged as needing OCR — a separate OCR tool is required for those. Complex multi-column layouts and unusual table structures may not convert perfectly.
Why Convert PDF to Markdown?
Markdown is plain text with lightweight formatting, so it drops cleanly into note apps, static-site generators, wikis, README files, and AI chat prompts. Converting a PDF to Markdown lets you reuse a report or article's content while keeping its headings and tables, without wrestling with PDF copy-paste that loses structure. Choose the Compact style when you plan to paste the result into an AI tool and want to save tokens, or Fidelity when you want the closest match to the original document.
Convert PDF to Markdown Without Uploading
Documents converted to Markdown are usually headed somewhere else — a wiki, a repo, a notes app — and often started life as something confidential. The conversion here runs in your browser, so the source PDF is never sent to a server on its way to becoming text.
No account and no document-length tier. Long reports convert the same as short ones, limited only by your device's memory.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert a PDF to Markdown?
Select your PDF, choose an output style, and click Convert to Markdown. The result appears in a text box you can copy or download as a .md file. Everything runs in your browser and no file is uploaded.
What is the difference between the Fidelity and Compact styles?
Fidelity stays faithful to the source layout, preserving more structure. Compact produces tighter output with fewer tokens, which is handy when pasting into an AI chat or anywhere length matters. Pick based on whether you value structure or brevity.
Does it keep headings and tables?
Yes. The converter reconstructs the reading order and detects headings and tables, turning them into Markdown headings and pipe tables. It also reports how many pages contained tables. Very complex or multi-column layouts may not convert perfectly.
Why does it say some pages need OCR?
The tool reads the text layer embedded in a PDF. Scanned or image-only pages have no extractable text, so they are flagged as needing OCR while the remaining pages still convert. This tool does not perform OCR itself.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. Conversion is done entirely in your browser by an on-demand WebAssembly engine of about 2 MB, so the PDF and the Markdown never leave your device, keeping private documents private.
Is my PDF uploaded when converting to Markdown?
No. The parsing and conversion both run in the page, so the file never leaves your device.
Is there a page or size limit for conversion?
No limit is imposed. Long PDFs are bounded only by how much memory your browser can allocate.