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markdown-converter

Converts PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, images with OCR, audio with transcription, ZIP, YouTube URLs, EPub to Markdown using markitdown CLI for LLM processing.

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Convert files to Markdown using `uvx markitdown` — no installation required.

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Markdown Converter

Convert files to Markdown using uvx markitdown — no installation required.

Basic Usage

# Convert to stdout uvx markitdown input.pdf # Save to file uvx markitdown input.pdf -o output.md uvx markitdown input.docx > output.md # From stdin cat input.pdf | uvx markitdown

Supported Formats

Documents: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx, .xls)

Web/Data: HTML, CSV, JSON, XML

Media: Images (EXIF + OCR), Audio (EXIF + transcription)

Other: ZIP (iterates contents), YouTube URLs, EPub

Options

-o OUTPUT # Output file -x EXTENSION # Hint file extension (for stdin) -m MIME_TYPE # Hint MIME type -c CHARSET # Hint charset (e.g., UTF-8) -d # Use Azure Document Intelligence -e ENDPOINT # Document Intelligence endpoint --use-plugins # Enable 3rd-party plugins --list-plugins # Show installed plugins

Examples

# Convert Word document uvx markitdown report.docx -o report.md # Convert Excel spreadsheet uvx markitdown data.xlsx > data.md # Convert PowerPoint presentation uvx markitdown slides.pptx -o slides.md # Convert with file type hint (for stdin) cat document | uvx markitdown -x .pdf > output.md # Use Azure Document Intelligence for better PDF extraction uvx markitdown scan.pdf -d -e "https://your-resource.cognitiveservices.azure.com/"

Notes

Output preserves document structure: headings, tables, lists, links

First run caches dependencies; subsequent runs are faster

For complex PDFs with poor extraction, use -d with Azure Document Intelligence