PDF to Markdown

Convert a PDF into clean Markdown with headings detected automatically.

Quick answer: Convert PDF documents to clean Markdown (.md) automatically. Detects headings and lists securely within your browser. Perfect for Notion or Obsidian.

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converted locally — headings detected from font sizes; works on text-based PDFs (not scans)

Convert a text-based PDF into clean Markdown — headings are detected automatically from font sizes, bullet lists are preserved, and pages are separated. Perfect for moving PDF content into Notion, Obsidian, GitHub, or any Markdown editor.

How it works

  1. Upload the text-based PDF you want to convert.
  2. The engine automatically analyzes font sizes to intelligently guess heading structures.
  3. Review the generated Markdown syntax and download it as an .md file.

Frequently asked questions

Why are my headings not being detected properly?

Heading detection relies on font-size math. If the PDF uses the exact same size for headings and body text, they will come through as plain text. This is usually easy to fix manually later.

Does this tool work on scanned image PDFs?

No. Scanned pages are flat images with no digital text layer. Markdown conversion requires selectable text.

Are complex tables converted cleanly?

PDF tables have no reliable underlying structure in the text layer, so they often extract as messy rows of text. You should use a dedicated Markdown Table Generator to rebuild them.

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