Show HN: LinkToMarkdown – Extract web content to clean Markdown in one click

[qzcanoe]

Hi!

I recently created a little tool called LinkToMarkdown (<https://linktomarkdown.com/>](https://linktomarkdown.com/)). It extracts web content and generates clean Markdown text with just one click.

To be honest, I developed this tool purely out of personal need. I often want to save articles from the web, but I'm always frustrated by ads, pop-ups, and all sorts of clutter. One day, I'd had enough and thought, "Why isn't there a tool that can give me just the plain text?"

So I decided to roll up my sleeves and build it myself. That's how LinkToMarkdown was born. It can:

1. Automatically filter out junk content and ads 2. Preserve the original structure and formatting 3. Output clean Markdown text

I've found it particularly useful for:

- Saving tech blog posts for note-taking - Organizing news articles for research - Saving articles for later reading - Extracting product documentation

It's super simple to use - just paste the link, click a button, and you're done!

I know there are quite a few similar tools out there, but I think LinkToMarkdown has some advantages in terms of ease of use and output quality. Of course, that's just my personal opinion.

I'd love to hear what you all think. Any suggestions? Areas for improvement? Feel free to try it out and let me know!

Happy using, everyone! :)

[breck]

Very well executed! I _love_ how you've kept it so simple. Great name. Everything worked great.

Here's my user test: https://www.loom.com/share/430f1edc28c444a6b5a29a320026dd70?...

[samstave]

This is really cool - however, it would be cool to have some more editing controls to make the output cleaner on the preview easier... but its a nifty tooL

https://i.imgur.com/Ni6bCvY.png

I do this with RStudio/Positron - your tool is the reverse of my workflow:

I copy a page, then I past it in the VIEW tab in Rstudio, then click on the code tab, and that gives the page to me in markdown. then I copy that into a reddit/other post...

It would be cool if you had tabs, a history, or a library which I can feed it my bookmarks folder to import link2markdown >> feed it the bookmarks file and have it output all the URLs to files to markdown...

Love the tool.

[qzcanoe]

Hey Samstave, thanks for the feedback! Glad you find the tool useful.

Actually, you can already edit the Markdown output directly in the left window, and the preview on the right will update in real-time.

I'm actively working on adding more features, and tabs, history, and batch bookmark importing are definitely on the roadmap!

Thanks again for trying it out and sharing your thoughts – it's super valuable as I continue to improve the tool.