# markdown-clipper

> This extension works like a web clipper, but it downloads websites in a markdown format. Turndown and Readability.js are used as core libraries. It is not guaranteed to work with all websites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-clipper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-clipper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `markdown-clipper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Enrico Kaack
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 344
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.77 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-06-16
- **First published:** 2019-01-05
- **Size:** 140 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-01-30
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/markdown-clipper/)

## Description

This is a Firefox and Google Chrome extension to clip websites and download them into a readable markdown file. Please keep in mind that it is not guaranteed to work on all websites.

To use this add-on, simply click the add-on icon while you are browsing the page you want to save offline. A dialogue asks you where to save the generated markdown file.

It uses the following two libraries:

    Readability.js by Mozilla in version from commit 52ab9b5c8916c306a47b2119270dcdabebf9d203. This library is also used for the Firefox Reader View and it simplifies the page so that only the important parts are clipped. (Licensed under Apache License Version 2.0)
    Turndown v6.0.0 & turndown-plugin-gfm v1.0.2 by Dom Christie is used to convert the simplified HTML (from Readability.js) into markdown. (Licensed under MIT License)

See the source code on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a05e0d7e231c02b2f4e04d419e1392fe74e6e1c90ffce95303aeaa4ced5d8b4a/https%3A//github.com/enrico-kaack/markdown-clipper" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/enrico-kaack/markdown-clipper</a>.

Use at your own risk, no Warranty or Liability by the author or other contributors.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `downloads`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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