markitdown-cli 0.1.1

A CLI tool to convert a webpage to markdown

markitdown-cli

A lightweight CLI wrapper for Microsoft's markitdown library. Convert any webpage into a clean Markdown file directly from your terminal.

Installation

The recommended way to install markitdown-cli is using pipx:

pipx install markitdown-cli

Alternatively, you can install it with pip:

pip install markitdown-cli

Usage

The primary use case is to provide a URL to the tool. markitdown-cli will then download the page, convert it to Markdown, and save it as a file in your current directory.

Basic Usage

markitdown-cli https://example.com/article

This will create a file named article.md in the current directory.

Interactive Title Suggestion

The tool will suggest a title for the Markdown file based on the URL. You can either accept the suggestion by pressing Enter, or you can type a custom title.

$ markitdown-cli https://collabfund.com/blog/the-dumber-side-of-smart-people/
Suggested title [the-dumber-side-of-smart-people]:
Wrote: the-dumber-side-of-smart-people.md

Specifying an Output Directory

You can use the -o or --outdir option to specify a different directory to save the Markdown file.

markitdown-cli https://example.com/article -o ./my-articles

This will create article.md inside the my-articles directory.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.