PDF to Markdown
Tables, formulas and images come out clean — not a mess. Copy or download the result in seconds.
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Other tools leave you checking their work against the PDF line by line. We put the original right beside the Markdown, so you verify at a glance.
The dominant sequence transduction models are based on complex recurrent or convolutional neural networks. We propose a new simple network architecture, the Transformer, based solely on attention mechanisms, dispensing with recurrence and convolutions entirely.
| Model | EN–DE | EN–FR |
|---|---|---|
| ByteNet | 23.75 | — |
| GNMT + RL | 24.6 | 39.92 |
| Transformer (big) | 28.4 | 41.8 |
The dominant sequence transduction models are based on complex recurrent or convolutional neural networks. We propose a new simple network architecture, the Transformer, based solely on attention mechanisms, dispensing with recurrence and convolutions entirely.
| Model | EN–DE | EN–FR |
|---|---|---|
| ByteNet | 23.75 | — |
| GNMT + RL | 24.6 | 39.92 |
| Transformer (big) | 28.4 | 41.8 |
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Every card is a real PDF. Click one and the engine converts it right here in your browser — nothing is pre-rendered, and nothing is uploaded.
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Head to head
The free tools mostly turn your PDF into messy text. Here's where we're different — and where the others are genuinely good.
| pdfmarkdown.appTHIS TOOL | pdf2md.morethan.io | CloudConvert | MarkItDown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stays on your device | Yes | Yes in-browser | No uploads to a server | Yes local, but a CLI |
| Works without a command line | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Python library |
| Side-by-side with the original | Yes flags scanned / hard pages | No | No | No |
| Tables stay clean | Yes | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Formulas (LaTeX / math) | Yes | No | No | Limited |
| Images extracted & placed | Yes | No | No | Limited |
| Scanned PDFs (OCR) | Yes on-device | No | Limited fails on rotated pages | Limited needs extra plugin |
| Encrypted PDFs | Yes | No | No | No |
| No signup | Yes | Yes | Limited limits / credits | Yes |
| Free | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |
Compared on what actually breaks in PDF→Markdown. These are all capable tools — MarkItDown is open-source and great if you live in a terminal. What we add is doing it cleanly, privately, and verifiably without one. Last checked June 2026.
Tables stay tables. Formulas stay readable. Images stay in place.
Your PDF is processed in your browser. No upload, no account required.
Desktop app →Turn PDF into Markdown, or turn Markdown back into a clean PDF.
Three simple steps
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Drag it in or choose a file.
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Tables, formulas and images come out clean — not a mess.
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Use it in your notes, docs or favorite app.
Students
Turn lecture notes, papers and course PDFs into clean notes you can edit and review.
Researchers
Keep formulas, tables and references readable when turning papers into Markdown.
Teams
Convert reports, manuals and documents into clean Markdown for docs, wikis and workflows.
Lawyers
Briefs, contracts and filings convert on your own machine — nothing is uploaded, so privileged documents stay privileged.
Finance & consulting
Annual reports and statements become clean tables, numbers in the right cells — client files never leave your device.
Journalists & archivists
Scanned records and old reports become searchable text with built-in OCR — sensitive material stays with you.
Keep a vault? Make the PDFs in Obsidian searchable →
Yes. Your PDF is processed in your browser and stays on your device.
pdfmarkdown.app is designed to keep tables, formulas and images readable instead of turning them into messy plain text.
Markdown is a simple text format that is easy to copy, edit and reuse in many apps.
No. Just upload a PDF and copy the result. You do not need to write Markdown yourself.
Yes. You can also use the Markdown to PDF editor to create a clean PDF from Markdown.
Drop the PDF here and the figures are cropped out as separate image files, linked from the Markdown so you can download them individually. It all happens in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Convert the PDF and copy the clean text with one click. Scanned PDFs with no text layer are read with built-in OCR, so you can copy from them too — the whole thing runs on your device.
Convert the PDF to Markdown first, then paste that instead of the raw file. Markdown keeps the tables and structure the model needs while dropping the PDF’s formatting overhead, so it reads more accurately and uses fewer tokens.
Convert the PDF to Markdown and drop the .md file into your vault. Obsidian indexes Markdown natively, so the text — including pages recovered from scans by OCR — becomes fully searchable and linkable.
Yes. Just open the site in your phone’s browser and convert — no app to install, no setup, no account. It runs the same way it does on a computer, and your file stays on your phone.
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