any2md-cli 0.1.3

Convert almost anything to Obsidian-flavored Markdown for a knowledge graph.

Any2MD

Free, open-source CLI that converts almost anything — local files (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, images…) and online links (YouTube, Reddit, GitHub, arXiv, Wikipedia, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, Twitter/X, web articles) — into Obsidian-flavored Markdown for a knowledge graph. Every input is summarized. No external APIs, no API keys, ever.

Install

One command, anywhere (recommended — isolated, no venv to manage):

pipx install any2md-cli

Then just run it:

any2md

The first run asks one thing — where to save your .md files — and then gets out of the way. Summaries run locally: if Ollama is running it's used automatically, otherwise a built-in zero-setup extractive summarizer is used. Nothing else to configure.

From source (dev)

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Usage

One-shot

any2md convert https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT
any2md convert ~/notes/paper.pdf -o ~/ObsidianVault/inbox
any2md convert https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 --depth high --provider extractive
any2md convert --batch links.txt          # one target per line

Re-converting the same link refreshes the existing note instead of making a duplicate (tracking params like utm_* are stripped, so the same article always maps to one note). Pages that extract to nothing — paywalled or JavaScript-only — are skipped with a warning rather than written as empty notes.

Interactive REPL

any2md            # opens the REPL

Inside the REPL, paste a URL or file path to convert it. Commands:

Command	Effect
/output <dir>	set output folder
/provider <name>	set summarizer: extractive (default) · ollama · none
/depth	how much to keep: low · medium · high · raw (◀ ▶ live picker)
/batch <file>	submit every line in a file
/jobs	list jobs + status
/last	path of the last written .md
/open [last]	open the output folder (or the last note) in your file viewer
/rename <name>	rename the file you just made (slug auto-cleaned)
/help · /quit	help / exit

While a conversion runs you get a live spinner with an estimated time (it learns your real timings per source) and a rotating tip. Drag a file straight into the terminal to convert it.

Config

any2md config set output ~/ObsidianVault/inbox
any2md config set provider extractive
any2md config show

Precedence: CLI flag > env var (ANY2MD_OUTPUT_DIR, ANY2MD_PROVIDER, …) > ~/.any2md/config.toml > default.

Summarizers (all free, offline)

• extractive (default): pure-Python TextRank-style. Zero setup, no network.
• ollama: local model via OLLAMA_URL (default http://localhost:11434), OLLAMA_MODEL (default llama3.2). Unreachable → falls back to extraction-only.
• none: extraction only, no summary.

Serve mode (HTTP)

any2md serve --port 8000

Routes:

# submit a conversion → returns {"id": "..."}
curl -X POST localhost:8000/convert -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"target":"https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT"}'

curl localhost:8000/jobs/<id>            # status + progress
curl localhost:8000/jobs/<id>/download   # the rendered .md

Set ANY2MD_TOKEN to gate access — clients then send Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Deploy

Docker

docker build -t any2md .
docker run -p 8000:8000 -e ANY2MD_TOKEN=secret -v "$PWD/data:/data" any2md

Railway

Push the repo; Railway builds the Dockerfile and runs any2md serve on $PORT (see railway.toml). Set ANY2MD_TOKEN and ANY2MD_PROVIDER=extractive in the dashboard. No API keys required — the stack is fully free/offline.

Develop

pytest -q          # tests (no live network)
ruff check .       # lint

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full workflow (TDD, fixtures, adding a source). CI runs the suite + lint on every push and PR.

Publish to PyPI (maintainer)

pipx install any2md-cli works once the package is on PyPI. To cut a release:

python -m build                 # builds dist/*.whl and dist/*.tar.gz
twine upload dist/*             # needs your PyPI account / API token

Bump __version__ in any2md/__init__.py first (pyproject.toml reads it dynamically).