PDF to Markdown Converter (PDF to MD)

Drag and drop your PDF onto the converter at the top of this page. The conversion happens in your browser, with no signup and no upload. When it finishes, download the text as a .md file.

Yes, 100% free. No signup, no credit card, no limits, no hidden fees. Convert as many PDFs as you need.

Headings become #, ## and ### based on font size, bullet and numbered lists become list items, bold text becomes bold, wrapped lines are joined back into paragraphs, and running headers, footers and page numbers are dropped. Simple tables with aligned columns become pipe tables. A PDF stores positioned text rather than document structure, so this is reconstruction: check headings on unusual layouts, and expect complex tables to arrive as text.

No. A scanned PDF is a set of images, and this converter reads text, not images. Run the scan through an OCR tool first (Adobe Acrobat, Tesseract, or your scanner's software), save the result as a text-based PDF, then convert that.

Multi-column layouts, text boxes, and decorative fonts can make a PDF's reading order differ from what you see on the page. If you have the original Word or HTML file, convert that instead: the Word to Markdown converter keeps headings, lists, and tables.

Simple ones. When three or more consecutive rows share the same aligned columns, they become a Markdown pipe table with the first row as the header. Tables with merged cells, wrapped cell text or multi-line headers come through as text in reading order. For a reliable table, convert the original DOCX, HTML, or CSV file.

Images are not extracted. The output is text only. If you need the images, export them from the PDF separately and link them from the Markdown.

Yes. Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser by a local copy of PDF.js. The file never leaves your device and is never uploaded to any server. We have zero access to your documents. See how Craft Markdown keeps your files on your device.

Text-based PDFs with selectable text: documents exported from Word, Google Docs, LaTeX, or a web page. Single-column layouts give the cleanest reading order.

Both run in your browser without uploading the PDF. Both turn larger fonts into Markdown headings, keep lists and bold text, and drop repeating page headers and footers. Craft Markdown also turns simple aligned tables into pipe tables; pdf2md also keeps italic and code blocks. Craft Markdown also converts Word, Excel, HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, and text files on the same page. See the full Craft Markdown vs pdf2md comparison for details.

Yes. Drop several PDFs at the same time and each one converts independently, with its own download or all of them together as a ZIP.