# Save HTML as Markdown

> Convert the current webpage's HTML content into a clean Markdown file and save it to the user's computer.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `save-html-as-markdown`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** eupthere
- **Category:** web-development,download-management,tabs
- **Daily users:** 93
- **Weekly downloads:** 14
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-24
- **First published:** 2026-02-21
- **Size:** 166 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/save-html-as-markdown/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/eupthere/save-html-as-markdown/issues](https://github.com/eupthere/save-html-as-markdown/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/save-html-as-markdown/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/save-html-as-markdown/privacy/)

## Description

Save any webpage as a clean Markdown file.

Click the toolbar icon, preview the page info, and hit Save. You get a .md file with the article content converted to Markdown and metadata captured in YAML frontmatter.

➤ How it works
<ol><li>Click the extension icon on any webpage</li><li>See a preview with the page title, author, and word count</li><li>Optionally enable image embedding</li><li>Click "Save as Markdown" — done</li></ol>
➤ Features

• Smart content extraction — strips navigation, ads, and sidebars using Defuddle to capture only the main article content
• YAML frontmatter — title, author, publish date, description, source URL, site name, and saved timestamp
• GitHub Flavored Markdown — tables, strikethrough, and task lists
• Image embedding — optionally embed images as base64 data URLs for fully offline Markdown files
• Clean Markdown output — ATX headings, fenced code blocks, bullet lists, inline links

➤ Output format

Files are saved as "{page title}.md" with frontmatter:

title: Article Title
author: Jane Doe
published: 2026-01-15
description: A short summary
source: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/46da3a9ea35d664507f1ddb4659b1b247ad190f9b40e1f68516170f1cad02061/https%3A//example.com/article" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/article</a>
site: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/2141eac2eacda036b00afc30fd0a7e6f24e9bddf402cf4393fe5144f468147e8/http%3A//example.com" rel="nofollow">example.com</a>
saved: 2026-02-20T01:05:29.000Z

➤ Privacy

All processing happens locally in your browser. No data is collected, stored, or sent to any server. No analytics, no tracking, no account required. The extension only reads page content when you click the icon.

➤ Open source

<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/49f383bbd6eb98781995e870dbe3e0dadc40533f410d27fc667cdb39f31ffd98/https%3A//github.com/eupthere/save-html-as-markdown" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/eupthere/save-html-as-markdown</a>

## Rankings

- #12,155 — Overall
- #26 — html
- #95 — save

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `downloads`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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