Text to MD Converter — Paste, Convert, Download

A text to MD converter is a tool that turns plain text, HTML, or rich formatting into Markdown syntax. Markdown (.md) is a lightweight markup language used by GitHub, Obsidian, Notion exports, static site generators, and most modern documentation tools.

Instead of manually adding hash marks for headings, dashes for lists, and brackets for links, this converter reads your content and formats it for you.

Paste your text into the box, pick Plain Text, HTML, or Rich Text as the format, and click Convert to Markdown. The tool detects headings, lists, links, and bullet points automatically, then shows you the Markdown output with a download button.

Yes. The tool is 100% free, with no sign-up, no account, no watermarks, and no usage limits beyond the 10,000-character input. You can convert as many files as you like, and every download is a clean, well-formed .md file you can use anywhere.

Yes. Pick HTML from the Format Type dropdown and paste your HTML. The tool handles headings, lists, tables, links, images, bold, italic, code blocks, and blockquotes, turning them into clean Markdown you can use in GitHub, Obsidian, or any static site generator.

Nothing leaves your browser. The conversion happens entirely on your device using JavaScript, so your text is never sent to any server. It is safe for private notes, client work, or sensitive documents — the tool works offline once the page has loaded.

Three input formats are supported:

Plain Text — the tool auto-detects headings (ALL CAPS lines, lines underlined with === or ---), bullet lists, numbered lists, and URLs, then formats them as Markdown.

HTML — paste raw HTML from a webpage, email, or WYSIWYG editor for a precise conversion.

Rich Text — the tool checks whether the input is HTML or plain text and applies the right conversion automatically.

After conversion, the result panel shows a Download .md button. Click it to save the file to your computer with today's date in the filename (for example converted-2026-04-24.md). You can also copy the raw Markdown to your clipboard with a single click.

The input box holds up to 10,000 characters per conversion. If you need to convert a larger document, split it into sections and convert them one at a time. Once converted, you can open each .md file in any text editor and paste them together.

Plain text has no formatting — it is just characters. Markdown is still plain text, but it uses simple symbols like # for headings, - for bullets, and [text](url) for links. When a Markdown file is rendered by GitHub, Obsidian, or a static site generator, those symbols become real formatting.

Anywhere that supports Markdown: GitHub README files, Obsidian or Notion vaults, Hugo, Jekyll, Astro, Next.js, Gatsby, Ghost, and most modern blogging platforms. You can also paste the content directly into Slack, Discord, or Reddit, which all support Markdown formatting.