Convert PDF to markdown

Drop in a PDF and get its text back as structured markdown. Everything runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your machine.

No upload, files stay on your machineMilliseconds per file13 formatsFree API and MCP server for agents

What becomes what

Exactly how PDF content maps to markdown, so you know what to expect before you drop a file in.

Embedded textExtracted exactly as stored, no OCR involved

Larger heading text# headings inferred from font size

Positioned lines of textRebuilt into readable paragraphs

Scanned or image-only pagesA clear message that there is nothing to extract, never a silently empty file

Password-protected PDFsRejected with an explanation, remove the password first

Other conversions

DOCX to markdown PPTX to markdown XLSX to markdown All 13 formats

Questions we actually get

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Can it convert scanned PDFs?

No. Scanned pages are images with no text in them, and extracting that needs OCR, which this tool does not do. It tells you when a PDF has nothing to extract instead of returning an empty result. For text-based PDFs, which is most PDFs made from Word, LaTeX, or export buttons, it works well.

Is the PDF uploaded to a server?

No. Conversion happens inside your browser through WebAssembly. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and keep converting.

Why convert a PDF to markdown before giving it to an AI?

Text copied straight out of a PDF carries broken line wraps, page numbers, and header noise that waste model attention. Markdown hands the model clean paragraphs and headings, which noticeably improves what it does with long documents.

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