# Paste as Markdown

> Paste as Markdown, from anywhere, into any web form.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `paste-as-markdown`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Medusis
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,web-development
- **Daily users:** 67
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 2.83 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.5.7.3
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-02
- **First published:** 2019-12-18
- **Size:** 74 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/paste-as-markdown/)
- **Website:** [http://markitdown.medusis.com](http://markitdown.medusis.com/)

## Description

Paste as Markdown is a Firefox add-on that converts the content of your clipboard, be it from a text editor, graphics program, or another web page, into Markdown format when pasting it into any web form. It ensures your clipboard content remains unchanged and keeps everything within the browser for added security and convenience.

## Rankings

- #14,172 — Overall
- #13 — paste
- #98 — waste

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardRead`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/paste-as-markdown)