Copy as Markdown

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

Copy as Markdown Browser Extension

Copy as Markdown is a browser extension for Chrome that allows you to easily copy hyperlinks, images, and selected text from web pages as Markdown with various formatting options such as lists, tables, and code blocks.

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Extension stats

By: Laxman

Users: 9,000+

Rating: 4.42

(33)

Version: 24.10.14 (Last updated: 2024-10-14)

Creation date: 2020-07-02

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab

Size: 32.36K

Email: no*****@outlook.com

Ranking

# 10,090 ▲ 38

Other rankings

#771 in Developer Tools ▼ 1 #101 in selection keyword 28 ▲ 5 #126 in text-to-image keyword 12 ▲ 4

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Copy as Markdown (v24.10.14)

4.80

(10) 336

Copy as Markdown (v20.5.21)

4.60

(9) 3,165+

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Extension summary

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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.

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User reviews

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Pros

Works very well and captures tables in Markdown
Simple and effective
Saves time for creating notes in Markdown editors
Successful in formatting bold text and links

Cons

Clipboard is not changed or doesn't work for some users
Opens a GitHub page instead of functioning as expected
Lacks ability to copy current page link with title as text
Cannot convert HTML LaTex content to markdown LaTex

Most mentioned

Works well
Does not work for some users
Saves time
Lacks certain features

User reviews

Tried "Copy selection as markdown", nothing is added to the Clipboard

Vladimir Alexiev, 2024-12-23

I just now tried the extension. Made a selection and used the context menu to copy as markdown, the clipboard is not changed and effectively the extension does nothing.