Copy as Markdown

Copy as Markdown

Browser extension to copy hyperlinks, images, and selected text as Markdown

What is Copy as Markdown?
Copy as Markdown is a browser extension for Chrome users which facilitates the transformation of any hyperlinks, images, or selected text on a webpage into Markdown. This tool supports a variety of features including italic, bold and strike-through text, inline code, unordered and ordered lists, tables aligned with GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM), and fenced code blocks along with language recognition. The extension operates with user permissions, enabling menu options through right-clicking, accessing page content, and writing data to the user's clipboard.
Merlin
Stats
By: Laxman
Users: 8,000+
Rating: 4.76 (25)
Version: 23.3.27 (Last updated: 2023-03-28)
Creation date: 2020-07-02
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 33.23K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Features:

The extension allows you to copy selected text on a page as Markdown with support for features including the following

  • Ability to copy links, images, and selected text as Markdown.
  • Linked images, will have options to individually select link or images.
  • Formatted text such as Italic, bold, strike-through, and inline code.
  • Unordered and ordered lists, with task lists support.
  • Tables, with respect to GFM.
  • Fenced code blocks, with language detection using info strings.

Note: When copying links and images, Chrome doesn’t let you extract images alt text or anchors text content to be used in Markdown, instead the links themselves are used as link title. Firefox doesn’t have this limitation though.

Permissions:

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User reviews
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These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works perfectly to parse href and link
  • Saves time
  • Successfully captures tables in Markdown
  • Works well with Markdown based editors/tools (Noteplan, Logseq, Obsidian)
Cons
  • Lacks ability to copy current page link as markdown with title as text
  • Does not convert HTML LaTex content to markdown LaTex
Most mentioned
  • Saves time
  • Works well with Markdown based editors/tools (Noteplan, Logseq, Obsidian)
Recent reviews
Amazing tool!
by RUITING GUAN RUITING GUAN, 2020-11-18

by Johan Chane Johan Chane, 2024-03-19

by Rishikesh Vedpathak Rishikesh Vedpathak, 2024-02-28
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Safety
Risk impact

Copy as Markdown is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Copy as Markdown has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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