PDF to Markdown
PDF to Markdown extends text extraction with structure heuristics: font sizes detect headings, list markers become bullets or numbers, wrapped lines re-join into paragraphs, and repeating headers or footers are dropped. Handy for feeding PDF content to LLMs and note apps.
Drop a PDF here to extract Markdown
Files stay in your burrow: everything is processed on your device, never uploaded.
How to use this tool
- 1Drop a PDF with a text layer (scans need OCR first).
- 2Optionally pick a page range.
- 3Click Extract; review the Markdown in the editor.
- 4Copy to the clipboard or download the .md file.
FAQ
How faithful is the Markdown output?
It is heuristic, not a layout reconstruction. Headings come from relative font size, lists from line markers, and tables or multi-column layouts come out as plain paragraphs. For a plain dump without structure, the PDF to text tool is the honest alternative.
Why is this useful for LLMs and AI tools?
Markdown keeps heading hierarchy and list structure, which helps language models and note apps parse the document far better than raw text dumps. The output stays on your device, so private documents never leave to build the file.
My PDF is a scan and the result is empty. What now?
Scanned pages carry pixels, not text. Run the OCR tool first to recognize the text, or use the searchable PDF tool, then extract Markdown from the result.