HTML to Markdown
Convert HTML code or rich text into clean Markdown syntax instantly.
About this tool
Converting HTML to clean Markdown is essential for developers, content creators, and anyone working with structured documents who want to simplify code, improve readability, or migrate content between systems. HTML is verbose and contains visual formatting that often obscures the core content, while Markdown strips away these distractions to reveal just the essential text, links, lists, and emphasis. This conversion is particularly valuable when moving content from web pages, rich email editors, or CMS platforms into documentation, wikis, or plain-text-friendly platforms like GitHub, where Markdown is the native format.
This HTML to Markdown converter takes your raw HTML code—whether from a web page, design tool export, or clipboard paste—and transforms it into clean, readable Markdown syntax instantly. The tool intelligently converts heading tags to Markdown headers, semantic formatting like bold and italic, links and images, lists, tables, blockquotes, and code blocks while intelligently handling edge cases like nested elements and special characters. You can copy the generated Markdown directly into your editor, documentation system, or version control repository without manual cleanup.
The converter excels at handling complex HTML structures and preserves semantic meaning—code blocks remain code blocks, emphasis remains emphasis—making the output suitable for professional documentation and technical writing. Whether you're migrating legacy HTML documentation, converting web content for offline use, preparing blog posts for publication, or simply wanting cleaner source material to work with, this tool eliminates the tedious manual editing that would otherwise take hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Code Implementation
import html2text
# pip install html2text
html = """
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<p>This is a <strong>bold</strong> paragraph with a
<a href="https://example.com">link</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Item one</li>
<li>Item two</li>
</ul>
"""
converter = html2text.HTML2Text()
converter.ignore_links = False # keep hyperlinks
converter.body_width = 0 # no line wrapping
markdown = converter.handle(html)
print(markdown)
# # Hello World
#
# This is a **bold** paragraph with a [link](https://example.com).
#
# * Item one
# * Item twoComments & Feedback
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