markitdown

Name: markitdown
Author: 0xdarkmatter

github.com/0xdarkmatterDocuments7861 installsUpdated 2w ago

About markitdown

markitdown is a command-line tool for converting local documents into Markdown, intended for people who need to extract and organize document content. A single CLI handles PDFs, Office files, image OCR, audio transcription, and several text formats.

Key features

01Converts PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
02Extracts text from images with OCR
03Transcribes audio to text
04Converts HTML, text, and structured data
05Outputs Markdown through a CLI

Use cases

01Convert a PDF report to Markdown
02Extract text from an image
03Turn an audio file into a transcript
04Organize spreadsheets or slide decks as Markdown

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods --skill markitdown

After installing, type/markitdownin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

assets/

.gitkeep

references/

.gitkeep

scripts/

.gitkeep

Details

From the project README

markitdown - Document to Markdown

Convert local documents to clean Markdown. One tool for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more.

When to Use markitdown

Use Case	Recommendation
Local files (PDF, Word, Excel)	✅ Use markitdown - unique capability
Web pages	❌ Use Jina (`r.jina.ai/`) - 5x faster
Blocked/anti-bot sites	❌ Use Firecrawl
OCR on images	✅ Use markitdown
Audio transcription	✅ Use markitdown

Basic Usage

# Local files (primary use case)
markitdown document.pdf
markitdown report.docx
markitdown data.xlsx
markitdown slides.pptx
markitdown screenshot.png    # OCR

# URLs (works, but Jina is faster)
markitdown https://example.com

# Save output
markitdown document.pdf > document.md

Supported Formats

Format	Extensions	Notes
PDF	`.pdf`	Text extraction, tables
Word	`.docx`	Formatting preserved
Excel	`.xlsx`	Tables to markdown
PowerPoint	`.pptx`	Slides as sections
Images	`.jpg`, `.png`	OCR text extraction
HTML	`.html`	Clean conversion
Audio	`.mp3`, `.wav`	Speech-to-text
Text	`.txt`, `.csv`, `.json`, `.xml`	Pass-through/structure
URLs	`https://...`	Works but slower than Jina

Benchmarked Performance (URLs)

Tool	Avg Speed	Success Rate
Jina	0.5s	10/10
markitdown	2.5s	9/10
Firecrawl	4.5s	10/10

Verdict: For URLs, use Jina. For local files, markitdown is the only option.

Examples

# PDF to markdown (primary use case)
markitdown report.pdf > report.md

# Excel spreadsheet
markitdown financials.xlsx

# Image with text (OCR)
markitdown screenshot.png

# PowerPoint deck
markitdown presentation.pptx > slides.md

# Audio transcription
markitdown meeting.mp3 > transcript.md

Comparison with Alternatives

Task	markitdown	Alternative
PDF text	`markitdown file.pdf`	PyMuPDF, pdfplumber
Word docs	`markitdown file.docx`	python-docx
Excel	`markitdown file.xlsx`	pandas, openpyxl
OCR	`markitdown image.png`	Tesseract
Web pages	Use Jina instead	`r.jina.ai/URL` (5x faster)

markitdown's advantage: One CLI for all local document formats. No code needed.

Comments

Markdown supported

Details

Author: 0xdarkmatter
Repository: 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
Category: Documents
Installs: 61
GitHub stars: 78

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