HTML to Markdown Converter - Free Online Tool
Last updated: 2026-03-16
You are migrating a blog from WordPress to a static site generator (Hugo, Jekyll, Astro). Your content is in HTML. You need Markdown. Or you are copying content from a web page into a README, documentation, or note-taking app that uses Markdown.
What Converts Cleanly
| HTML Element | Markdown Output | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| <h1> to <h6> | # to ###### | Perfect |
| <p> | Plain text with blank lines | Perfect |
| <a href="..."> | [text](url) | Perfect |
| <img> |  | Perfect |
| <ul>/<ol> | - item / 1. item | Perfect |
| <table> | | col | col | | Good (simple tables) |
| <code>/<pre> | `inline` / ```block``` | Perfect |
| <strong>/<em> | **bold** / *italic* | Perfect |
| Nested HTML | Varies | Complex nesting may need cleanup |
Markdown Flavors
- CommonMark. The standard. Works everywhere.
- GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM). Adds tables, task lists, strikethrough. Use for GitHub READMEs.
- MDX. Markdown with JSX components. Use for React-based documentation.
Convert HTML to Markdown - clean output, free, instant.
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According to CommonMark specification, Markdown is designed to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as possible.
As GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec documents, GFM extends CommonMark with tables, task lists, and autolinks.