Paste to Markdown: The Instant Web-to-MD Converter
Turn messy rich text, website snippets, and HTML into clean, formatted Markdown in a single keystroke. Paste to Markdown is a zero-friction utility designed for developers, bloggers, and documentation technical writers who need to strip away HTML noise while preserving structure.
📋 What is Paste to Markdown?
This tool is a specialized, browser-based converter that listens for your "Paste" command and instantly translates the content into Markdown. It utilizes the industry-standard Turndown engine to ensure that bold text, headers, links, and lists are accurately preserved during the migration.
Key Features
- Invisible Interface: No complex forms or settings. The tool stays out of your way—simply paste anywhere on the page to start.
- Dual View: Instantly see both the HTML Preview (to verify what you copied) and the raw Markdown Output (to use in your docs).
- Privacy-First: No data is sent to any server. Your content is processed entirely within your browser's memory.
- One-Click Copy: A dedicated copy button with haptic feedback allows you to move your Markdown into your IDE or CMS instantly.
- Minimalist Aesthetic: Features a high-contrast, brutalist design using Tailwind CSS for maximum clarity.
🛠 How to Use
- Copy: Highlight the text, table, or article you want from any website or document and press
Ctrl+C(orCmd+C). - Paste: Come back to this window and press
Ctrl+V(orCmd+V). You don't even need to click a specific box. - Review: The "Instructions" card will disappear, replaced by your rendered content and its Markdown equivalent.
- Export: Click the "Copy" button on the Markdown output card to grab your ready-to-use code.
📈 Why Choose This Tool?
- Clean Documentation: Perfect for converting website reference materials into GitHub READMEs or Notion pages.
- Formatted preserved: Unlike "Paste as Plain Text," this tool intelligently converts
<h1>to#,<b>to**, and<a>to[text](link). - Speed Up Workflow: Eliminates the need to manually reformat text when moving content between different platforms.
- Developer Grade: Powered by the TurndownService, ensuring highly compliant and readable Markdown output.
⚙️ Technical Specifications
- Engine: Turndown.js (Local Browser implementation).
- Framework: Tailwind CSS.
- Input Handling: Real-time Clipboard Event Listener.
- Security: No external API calls; 100% client-side execution.
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