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Free HTML to Markdown Converter — Clean GFM Output Instantly

Convert HTML to clean, readable Markdown. Preserves headings, bold, italic, links, images, code blocks, tables and lists. Outputs GitHub Flavored Markdown with full customisation options.

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<h2>Getting Started with PursTech</h2>
<p>PursTech is the world's most advanced <strong>free online tool ecosystem</strong>. Built for <em>developers, designers and creators</em> who want to stop searching and start doing.</p>

<h2>Key Features</h2>
<ul>
  <li>30+ professional-grade tools</li>
  <li>100% browser-based — <strong>no uploads</strong></li>
  <li>Completely free forever</li>
</ul>

<h2>Code Example</h2>
<pre><code class="language-javascript">const result = await fetch('/api/tools');
const tools = await result.json();
console.log(tools);</code></pre>

<h2>Comparison Table</h2>
<table>
  <thead><tr><th>Feature</th><th>Free</th><th>Pro</th></tr></thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr><td>Tool access</td><td>Unlimited</td><td>Unlimited</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Ads</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr>
    <tr><td>API access</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Stop Searching. Start Doing." — PursTech Tagline</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Visit <a href="https://purstech.com">purstech.com</a> to get started.</p>

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How to Convert HTML to Markdown

Paste your HTML

Paste HTML source code into the left panel. Use the Paste HTML button to grab from your clipboard, or type directly.

Configure options

Toggle GFM Tables, fenced code blocks, image handling and header style. Choose your preferred bullet character.

Review the output

The Markdown output appears instantly on the right. Toggle to Preview mode to see how the Markdown will render.

Copy or download

Copy the Markdown to clipboard or download as a .md file ready for GitHub, Notion, Obsidian or any Markdown platform.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Will my HTML tables convert to Markdown?+

Yes — tables become GitHub Flavored Markdown pipe tables, and code blocks convert to fenced blocks that keep their language identifiers, so the output pastes cleanly into GitHub, GitLab or any GFM renderer.

What is Markdown and why convert from HTML?+

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain text formatting syntax to produce HTML. It's widely used in README files, documentation, CMS platforms (Ghost, Gatsby, Jekyll), note-taking apps (Obsidian, Notion) and developer platforms (GitHub, GitLab). Converting from HTML to Markdown lets you take content from websites or HTML editors and move it into any Markdown-based platform while preserving the formatting.

What HTML elements does this converter support?+

The converter handles all standard HTML elements: headings (h1–h6), paragraphs, bold (strong, b), italic (em, i), strikethrough (del, s), inline code (code), code blocks (pre), blockquotes (blockquote), unordered lists (ul/li), ordered lists (ol/li), links (a), images (img), horizontal rules (hr), and tables (table/thead/tbody/tr/th/td) using GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) table syntax.

What is GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)?+

GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) is a widely-adopted extension of standard Markdown that adds: tables (using | pipe separators), task lists (- [ ] and - [x]), strikethrough (~~text~~), fenced code blocks with language identifiers (```javascript), and @mentions. GFM is the default on GitHub, GitLab, VS Code, many CMS platforms and developer tools. Our converter outputs GFM-compatible Markdown by default.

How do I handle iframes, scripts and embedded content?+

Iframes, scripts, style tags and other non-content HTML elements have no Markdown equivalent and are stripped out during conversion. This is typically the desired behaviour — you want the text content, not scripts or tracking code. If you need to embed external content in Markdown, raw HTML blocks are supported in most Markdown processors.

Can I convert an entire web page by pasting its HTML?+

Yes — paste the full HTML source (including head, body, scripts, nav, footer etc.) and our converter will extract the meaningful text content while stripping structural HTML, scripts, styles and invisible elements. For best results when extracting a specific article, copy just the article's HTML rather than the entire page source.

Why Developers & Technical Writers Convert HTML to Clean Markdown

HTML is built for browser rendering engines, but its verbose opening and closing tags make it cumbersome to read, edit, or store in version-controlled documentation repositories, static site generators (Next.js MDX, Astro, Hugo, Docusaurus), and LLM prompt pipelines. Markdown—created by John Gruber and standardized via CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)—preserves full structural semantics (headings, lists, links, code blocks, blockquotes, and tables) at a fraction of the token and character count.

Converting legacy CMS articles, web pages, or rich-text exports into Markdown manually requires stripping wrapper <div> and <span> tags, translating <a href> attributes into [text](url) syntax, and converting <table> rows into pipe-delimited GFM tables. PursTech's HTML to Markdown Converter parses your HTML DOM structure directly in the browser and outputs clean, human-readable Markdown in one click.

This is also especially valuable when preparing web content for AI workflows and llms.txt documentation, since clean Markdown consumes significantly fewer context tokens than raw HTML markup.