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: 4.53

(32)

0.11

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

# 10,844 ▲ 86

Other rankings

#783 in Developer Tools ▲ 3 #133 in text-to-image keyword 12 ▼ 14 #211 in selection keyword 28 ▲ 2 #281 in right click keyword 67 ▲ 3

Other platforms

Copy to Clipboard (v1.1)

4.04

(1,313) 268,281+

Copy as Markdown (v24.10.14)

4.78

(9) 329

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 well for copying text into Markdown format
Captures tables and links effectively
Saves time and is convenient for note-taking in various Markdown editors
User-friendly and simple to use

Cons

Does not change the clipboard for some users
Opens a GitHub page instead of functioning as expected
Lacks ability to copy current page link with the title as text
Could improve on converting HTML LaTeX content to Markdown LaTeX

Most mentioned

Works very well
Simple and convenient
Lacks certain features
Amazing tool for Markdown

User reviews

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.