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 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.
Download

Extension stats

By: Laxman
Users: 8,000+
Rating: 4.65 (31)
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

Ranking

# 11573 ▼ 20
Other rankings
#778 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #115 in text-to-image keyword 10 ▼ 2 #126 in selection keyword 26 ▼ 4 #284 in permission keyword 11 ▼ 3

Other platforms

Copy as Markdown (v24.10.14)
4.78 (9) 321
Copy as Markdown (v20.5.21)
4.60 (9) 3,165+
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Analyze keywords

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:

See more

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 effectively
  • Saves time
  • Simple and convenient to use
  • Works well for capturing snippets and tables in Markdown
  • Useful for creating notes in Obsidian.md
Cons
  • Opens a github page when clicking on the icon
  • Lacks ability to copy current page link as markdown with title as text
  • Does not convert HTML Latex content to markdown Latex
Most mentioned
  • Works great!
  • Simple and convenient
  • Obsidian.md
  • Capturing snippets
  • Saves time
Recent reviews
by zhen huang, 2024-07-11
simple and effective. thanks!
by Yanay Zohar, 2024-07-07
Installed in chrome then pinned the icon. When I click on the icon, it opens a github page where the extension code lives. So it's useless.
by Jim McD, 2024-06-25
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Copy as Markdown requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

Copy as Markdown small promo image
Small promo image

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to Copy as Markdown:

Obsidian Clipper
Obsidian Clipper
Joost Plattel
3.62
10,000+
MarkDownload - Markdown Web Clipper
MarkDownload - Markdown Web Clipper
death.au
4.69
70,000+
Copy as Markdown
Copy as Markdown
yorkxin
4.38
10,000+
Save To Obsidian
Save To Obsidian
https://danmonceau.fr
2.20
707
Obsidian Web
Obsidian Web
https://coddingtonbear.net
4.15
20,000+
Web Clipper
Web Clipper
DiamondYuan
4.60
30,000+
Export to Markdown
Export to Markdown
neal
4.08
1,000+
Copycat
Copycat
https://blackglory.me
4.64
10,000+
Copy Markup Markdown
Copy Markup Markdown
scootcho.yoo
4.60
950
Copy Title and Url as Markdown Style
Copy Title and Url as Markdown Style
Shingo Yamazaki
4.73
6,000+
网页转markdown
网页转markdown
redreamzishao
4.50
4,000+
HTML to Markdown
HTML to Markdown
https://github.com/geraldnguyen
4.25
1,000+