Turndown
Convert HTML into Markdown with JavaScript.
Convert HTML strings or DOM nodes to Markdown in JavaScript applications running in Node.js or the browser. Configure heading, list, code-block, and link styles, add custom conversion rules, or extend the library with plugins. GitHub Flavored Markdown tables and task lists are available through the separate GFM plugin.
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What is Turndown best for?
Turndown is a free Markdown tool best suited to embedding configurable html-to-markdown conversion in an application. It is available as Library on Web, CLI, and its source status is open source.
At a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Source
- Open source
- Best for
- Embedding configurable HTML-to-Markdown conversion in an application
Capabilities
- HTML to Markdown
- Node.js and browser use
- DOM node conversion
- configurable output styles
- custom rules
- GFM plugin
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