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A Firefox and Google Chrome extension to clip websites and download them into a readable markdown file.

17 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 0 stories, 17 comments · first 2021-08-26 · latest 2025-06-04

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  1. Nice work, I currently use Markdownload ( https://github.com/deathau/markdownload ) for this but will certainly give this a good shake out. Kudos for making it a Firefox and not just Google extension as well.
    comment by smcleod · 2025-06-04 · in Show HN: LLMFeeder – Browser extension to extract clean content for LLM context
  2. I'll stick with using Markdownload ( https://github.com/deathau/markdownload ) when I need to do something like this.
    comment by billybuckwheat · 2024-05-01 · in 2markdown – Transform Websites into Markdown
  3. This fork: https://github.com/deathau/markdownload With extension available for Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari.
    comment by Terretta · 2024-04-14 · in Show HN: I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown
  4. …post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38421121 „My perfect bookmark manager is Markdownload https://github.com/deathau/markdownload Just save the complete page, only selected text or only the link to a markdown file or Obsidian. With…
    comment by Ringz · 2024-01-24 · in Show HN: Zenfetch – Turn your saved browsing content into an AI second brain
  5. …Since the Ecosystem around Obsidian and pure Markdown, most of the time I stay in my browser https://github.com/deathau/markdownload and nvim https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim
    comment by Ringz · 2023-12-22 · in A structured note-taking app for personal use
  6. …- gron (Greppable JSON): https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron - MarkDownload (Markdown Web Clipper): https://github.com/deathau/markdownload - Lean4 links: -- Theorem proving: https://lean-lang.org/theorem_proving_in_lean4/introduction.... --…
    comment by macintux · 2023-12-02 · in Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?
  7. My perfect bookmark manager is Markdownload https://github.com/deathau/markdownload Just save the complete page, only selected text or only the link to a markdown file or Obsidian. With downloaded, linked or without pictures. My OS and…
    comment by Ringz · 2023-11-26 · in Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features
  8. …Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdownload-markd... Repo: https://github.com/deathau/markdownload
    comment by Isthatablackgsd · 2023-11-01 · in Copy webpage text, convert to Markdown
  9. …no. Instead of PDF, use Markdownload (on iOS, use a Safari web content to markdown file extension): https://github.com/deathau/markdownload And save in a journaled folder like "YYYY-MM-DD - Page Title.md" with a YAML frontmatter of all…
    comment by Terretta · 2023-09-22 · in Ask HN: Should we be saving our favorite information locally?
  10. …y.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.redsolver.... 2. https://github.com/alok/notational-fzf-vim 3. https://github.com/deathau/markdownload
    comment by msravi · 2023-07-06 · in Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
  11. …When I want images or more I use singlefile extension. Add Recoll to the mix and that's all I need. https://github.com/deathau/markdownload https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/pages/index-recol…
    comment by gala8y · 2023-04-16 · in Wayback: Self-hosted archiving service integrated with Internet Archive
  12. …to save clean content formatted as markdown (.md) files to your PKM of choice. Firefox / Chrome: https://github.com/deathau/markdownload Safari on MacOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/markdownload/id1554029832?mt=1... For iOS, use Toolbox…
    comment by Terretta · 2023-02-13 · in Show HN: Link Book – Quickly save links from around the web to GitHub
  13. …it. All the bookmarked sites and their content become fuzzy-searchable (fzf). Very convenient. 1. https://github.com/deathau/markdownload 2. https://notable.app
    comment by msravi · 2022-08-18 · in Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
  14. This is my alternative which tries to convert a page to Markdown: https://github.com/deathau/markdownload
    comment by kristiandupont · 2022-06-01 · in Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)
  15. even simpler browser extension to download a page as a markdown file: https://github.com/deathau/markdownload
    comment by mackrevinack · 2022-02-22 · in Wallabag: Self-hostable application for saving web pages and articles
  16. …on my desktop but it's a browser extension and supports Safari, so maybe it's helpful for you too. https://github.com/deathau/markdownload
    comment by ncarroll · 2021-10-17 · in Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
  17. …I don't understand - Search it on goo (Japanese dictionary website) - Clip it with Markdownload ( https://github.com/deathau/markdownload ) - Format it with my plugin - Read the content, weave the backlinks Keep doing this then I have the…
    comment by m9731526 · 2021-08-26 · in Tools for Thinking