Convert PDF to Markdown Online

Turn a text-based PDF into clean, structured Markdown. The conversion runs locally in your browser with WebAssembly, so your PDF is never uploaded.

Your file never leaves your device.

How to convert PDF to Markdown

The converter reads the text layers of your PDF and renders it as GitHub-Flavored Markdown with headings, tables and lists. Perfect for documentation, notes, content migration and feeding documents to LLMs and AI tools.

Step 1: Add your PDF
Drop the .pdf file onto the converter or click to browse.
Step 2: Convert locally
The text layer is parsed to Markdown in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Step 3: Copy or download
Download the .md file or copy the Markdown directly into your editor.

Good to know

Only PDFs that contain real text can be converted. Scanned pages are images; run them through the Image to Text (OCR) tool first.
Multi-column layouts are read in reading order, which occasionally merges columns on very complex pages.
Password-protected files must be unlocked in the original application before converting.

Why use this PDF to Markdown converter?

Clean, structured GFM output from the PDF's text layer.
100% private, the conversion happens in your browser, no upload, no servers.
Instant: no queue, no email, no waiting. Conversion starts the moment you drop the file.
Free forever with no watermarks, plus batch conversion on Pro.

Is it free?

Yes. PDF to Markdown conversion is completely free, with no watermarks and no limits on normal use.

Is my file uploaded?

PDF to Markdown runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded and never leaves your device.

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About the formats

What is PDF?

PDF (Portable Document Format) reproduces a document exactly as it was laid out, regardless of the device, operating system or software used to view it. It is the standard choice for sharing, printing and archiving documents whose appearance must not change. Text-based PDFs can be converted to Markdown, plain text or HTML here.

Use PDF whenever the layout matters more than editing, reports, invoices, contracts, résumés and anything you need to share or print so it looks identical everywhere. Choose PDF when recipients should see exactly what you saw, with no fonts or margins shifting.

PDF (Portable Document Format)

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that lets you write formatted documents in plain text using simple symbols. The same file reads clearly as text and renders as styled HTML, making it popular for documentation, README files and notes. It is also widely used to feed clean text to large language models.

Use Markdown for content that should be readable as plain text but publishable with formatting, README files, documentation, wikis, notes and posts. Write it anywhere, and it stays usable forever because the source is plain text.

Markdown