Is my file uploaded to a server?

No. The PDF is read with the browser's own File API and parsed locally by pdf.js, and the markdown is rendered and printed by your browser. No file, text, or metadata ever leaves your device, which makes the tool safe for contracts, invoices, and internal documentation.

How do I convert a PDF to Markdown?

Open the PDF to Markdown tab, drop your file on the upload area, and the markdown appears next to it within seconds. You can toggle heading detection, list detection, bold and italic detection, and line merging, then copy the result or download it as a .md file.

How do I convert Markdown to PDF?

Open the Markdown to PDF tab, paste or upload your markdown, choose the paper size, margins, and font, then click Save as PDF. Your browser's print dialog opens: pick Save as PDF as the destination. The resulting file has real, selectable text and clickable links.

Does the converter keep headings, lists, and tables?

Yes. Going from PDF to Markdown, font sizes are ranked to rebuild the heading hierarchy, bullet and numbered lines become list items, and lines wrapped by the page width are rejoined into paragraphs. Going from Markdown to PDF, GitHub Flavored Markdown is supported, so tables, task lists, fenced code blocks, and blockquotes are all rendered.

Can it convert a scanned PDF?

Not directly. A scanned PDF holds page images rather than text, so there is nothing to extract. The tool detects this and warns you instead of returning an empty file. Run the document through OCR first, then convert the searchable PDF it produces.

Are there size limits?

Yes, and they exist so the page stays responsive on any machine: PDFs up to 25 MB and 300 pages, and markdown documents up to 300,000 characters. Conversion runs page by page with a progress bar, so a long document never freezes the browser tab.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no watermark. The tool is free and works offline once the page has loaded.

PDF to Markdown & Markdown to PDF

Turn a PDF into clean, editable Markdown, or turn Markdown into a polished PDF with selectable text and working links. Both directions run entirely inside your browser, so your documents never leave your device.

PDF File

Drop a PDF here

or choose a file · up to 25.0 MB and 300 pages

Conversion options

Detect headings

Turn larger text into # headings

Detect lists

Turn bullets and numbers into list items

Detect bold & italic

Keep emphasis from the original fonts

Merge wrapped lines

Rejoin lines split by the page width

Mark page breaks

Add a divider between pages

Markdown

A private PDF and Markdown converter that runs in your browser

Most online converters ask you to upload your file to a server you know nothing about. That is a problem when the document is a signed contract, an invoice, a medical report, or internal documentation. This converter takes the opposite approach: the PDF is parsed locally by pdf.js, and the Markdown is rendered and printed by your own browser engine. There is no upload, no queue, and no copy of your file sitting in someone else’s storage bucket.

What survives the PDF to Markdown conversion

Headings: font sizes across the document are ranked, the most common one is treated as body text, and larger sizes become # through ####.
Lists: bullet glyphs and numbered prefixes are recognised and rewritten as proper Markdown list items.
Bold and italic: the embedded font name of each text run is inspected, so emphasis carries over as **bold** and *italic*.
Paragraphs: lines broken by the page width are rejoined, including words split across a line with a hyphen.
Literal text: characters that would otherwise be read as markup are escaped, so the output renders exactly as the original read.

What you get from Markdown to PDF

The Markdown is parsed as GitHub Flavored Markdown and sanitised before rendering, so tables, task lists, fenced code blocks, blockquotes, and footnote-style links all come through. The PDF is produced by your browser’s own print engine, which means the text stays selectable and searchable, links remain clickable, and headings, tables, and code blocks avoid awkward page breaks. You can pick A4 or Letter, three margin widths, a sans-serif, serif, or monospace face, and force each top-level heading onto a new page for reports and chapters.

Built for large documents

Conversion happens page by page with a progress indicator and yields to the browser between pages, so the interface stays responsive even on a long report. PDFs are accepted up to 25 MB and 300 pages, and Markdown documents up to 300,000 characters. Your work in progress is kept in session storage for as long as the tab is open and is discarded the moment you close it, so nothing lingers on a shared machine.

Common uses

Moving a legacy PDF specification into a Git-tracked documentation site.
Pulling quotes and tables out of a research paper without retyping them.
Turning meeting notes or a README into a PDF that can be shared or printed.
Feeding clean, structured text to an LLM instead of a raw binary PDF.
Archiving a Markdown changelog as a fixed-layout document.

Frequently asked questions

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