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HTML to Markdown Converter - Free Online Tool

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Convert HTML to Markdown instantly in your browser. Supports headings, lists, tables, links, images, code blocks, and more. No server, no signup.

HTML Input
Markdown Output
  • Headings: h1 through h6, in ATX or setext style
  • Text formatting: bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code
  • Code blocks: pre / code with language class
  • Links and images: with href, src, alt, and title attributes
  • Lists: ordered and unordered, with nesting support
  • Tables: converted to GFM pipe table syntax
  • Blockquotes: with > prefix
  • Horizontal rules: hr -> ---

About the conversion engine

The converter uses the browser's built-in DOMParser API to parse your HTML into a proper DOM tree, then walks each node to produce clean Markdown. This means it correctly handles nested structures and doesn't get confused by attributes or multi-line elements the way a simple regex approach would.

Element conversion reference

HTML elementMarkdown output
<h1>–<h6>#–###### (ATX style)
<strong>, <b>**text**
<em>, <i>*text*
<a href="url">[text](url)
<img src="url" alt="...">![alt](url)
<code>backtick-wrapped inline code
<pre><code>fenced code block (```)
<ul> / <ol>- item / 1. item
<blockquote>> text
<table>GFM pipe table syntax
<hr>---
<del>~~text~~

Limitations

Not all HTML converts cleanly to Markdown. Common problem areas include:

  • Complex tables with merged cells (colspan/rowspan)
  • Deeply nested or inconsistently structured lists
  • Inline styles and <div>/<span> wrappers with no semantic meaning
  • HTML comments, <script>, and <style> blocks

Output from these elements may need manual cleanup after conversion.

Use cases

  • Converting CMS-exported HTML into documentation (Docusaurus, MkDocs, GitBook)
  • Migrating legacy web pages to static site generators
  • Extracting content for plain-text publishing or email newsletters
  • Reducing HTML bloat when copying content between platforms

About the conversion engine

The converter uses the browser's built-in DOMParser API to parse your HTML into a proper DOM tree, then walks each node to produce clean Markdown. This means it correctly handles nested structures and doesn't get confused by attributes or multi-line elements the way a simple regex approach would.

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