Markdown is preferred for documentation, README files, and blog posts in GitHub, Notion, and Jekyll. When migrating from HTML-based sources, you need a converter that preserves headings, links, images, lists, code blocks, and formatting. Converts HTML to clean Markdown while removing unnecessary tags and attributes.
Supported HTML Elements
Paste HTML code into the input field and the equivalent Markdown appears on the right. The tool handles all common HTML elements: headings (h1-h6 → #), paragraphs, bold (→ **text**), italic (→ *text*), links (→ [text](url)), images (→ ), lists (ordered and unordered), code blocks, blockquotes, and tables. Inline styles and scripts are automatically stripped.
HTML-to-Markdown conversion is useful when migrating blog content from WordPress or other CMS platforms to static site generators (Hugo, Jekyll, Gatsby), converting web pages to documentation in GitHub README files, cleaning up rich text editor output for Markdown-based content systems, creating Markdown versions of HTML email templates, and preparing content for platforms that use Markdown (GitHub, Notion, Slack, Discord).
The converter uses a recursive DOM tree walker that processes each HTML element and converts it to its Markdown equivalent. Block elements (div, p, h1-h6) generate line breaks. Inline elements (strong, em, a, code) generate inline Markdown syntax. Tables are converted to GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) pipe syntax. Nested lists maintain proper indentation. The tool handles edge cases like empty elements, whitespace normalization, and nested inline formatting.
Paste your HTML code into the input field. The tool parses the HTML structure and converts each element to its Markdown equivalent - headings become #, links become [text](url), bold becomes **text**, and so on.
The tool converts headings (h1-h6), paragraphs, links, images, bold, italic, code (inline and blocks), ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, horizontal rules, and tables.
The tool handles nested structures and mixed content. Inline styles and scripts are stripped. Unsupported HTML elements are converted to plain text content.
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