Clipdown — Web to Markdown Autor: Suhas Holla

Clipdown turns any webpage content into clean, perfectly formatted Markdown — in one click.

Select text, right-click, and paste beautiful Markdown into your favorite note-taking apps, documentation tools, or text editors. No more broken formatting. No more manual cleanup.

HOW IT WORKS

→ Select any content on a webpage
→ Right-click → "Clipdown"
→ Paste anywhere — formatting preserved perfectly

That's it. No setup, no accounts, no configuration.

WHAT IT CONVERTS

• Headings (h1–h6) → # Heading syntax
• Bold, italic, strikethrough → bold, italic, ~~strikethrough~~
• Links with titles → text — relative URLs resolved automatically
• Images with alt text →
• Ordered & unordered lists → proper nesting and indentation
• Nested blockquotes → > quoted text
• Code blocks → fenced ``` blocks with language detection
• Inline code → backtick-wrapped
• Tables → clean GFM pipe tables with alignment
• Checkboxes → [x] and [ ] task lists
• Horizontal rules → ---
• Details/summary → preserved as HTML
• Mark, superscript, subscript → extended Markdown syntax

MULTIPLE COPY MODES

• Copy Selection — select any text and copy as Markdown
• Copy Entire Page — intelligently extracts the main article content
• Copy Page URL — instantly get Page Title for quick linking
• Copy Link — right-click any link to grab it as Markdown
• Copy Image — right-click any image for syntax

SMART FEATURES

• Smart Title Extraction — finds the real article title, not cluttered browser tab titles
• Automatic Source Citations — every copy includes where it came from with URL and reading time
• Reading Time Estimates — know at a glance how long saved content takes to read (200 WPM)
• Dark/Light/Auto Themes — beautiful adaptive UI that follows your system preference

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

• Alt + Shift + C — Copy selection as Markdown
• Alt + Shift + A — Copy entire page as Markdown

CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

• Toggle image and link inclusion
• Toggle automatic source citations
• Choose inline or reference-style links
• Pick your preferred bullet style (-, *, +)
• Settings sync across all your devices

BUILT FOR QUALITY

Clipdown is built from scratch with zero external dependencies. A hand-written, recursive DOM parser that handles edge cases other extensions miss:

• Correctly resolves relative URLs to absolute
• Detects code block languages from class names
• Handles nested lists and blockquotes at any depth
• Skips invisible elements and script/style tags
• Chooses backtick count to avoid collision in inline code
• Preserves semantic HTML elements
• Supports extended Markdown syntax

Manifest V3 compliant. Content scripts injected on-demand for minimal memory footprint. Your settings sync via Chrome across devices.

PRIVACY FIRST

Clipdown respects your privacy completely:
- No data collection
- No analytics or tracking
- No external network requests
- Everything runs locally in your browser
- Open source — verify the code yourself

PERFECT FOR

• Technical writing and documentation
• Research notes and web clipping
• Blog posts and content creation
• Knowledge management workflows
• Team communication
• Students and researchers
• Anyone tired of pasting broken HTML

Free. Open source. No ads. No accounts. Just clean Markdown.