PDF to Markdown Converter

Convert PDF to clean Markdown online, free. Layout-aware parsing keeps heading levels, tables, formulas and images, ready for Obsidian, Typora, Notion and GitHub.

PDF is great for reading and printing, but poor for editing, searching and reuse. Markdown is plain text that Obsidian, Typora, VS Code, Notion, Yuque, Lark Docs and GitHub can read directly, and it is the format AI tools digest best. Converting a PDF to Markdown turns a read-only document into material you can edit, search and remix. This tool uses layout-aware parsing: it detects text blocks, heading levels, tables, formulas and images on every page, then rebuilds them in reading order instead of dumping lines. The output keeps # and ## heading levels, ordered and unordered lists, and Markdown tables; formulas are written as LaTeX, and images are stored in an images folder with matching relative paths. Text-based PDFs are parsed from their text layer. Scanned or photographed pages without a text layer automatically go through OCR before layout reconstruction. You can download a single .md file, or tick keep images to get a ZIP containing the Markdown file and the images folder, which opens with full content in any editor. Limits worth knowing: two-column layouts, heavy image-text mixing and tables spanning pages can shift reading order or break rows, so proofread after converting; encrypted PDFs must be unlocked first with Unlock PDF; one file is limited to 22MB and 600 pages, so split larger documents with Split PDF. Files are kept for 8 hours and then deleted automatically. If you need the original print layout, or a Word file a colleague can edit, use PDF to Word instead. If you have Markdown and want a PDF, use Markdown to PDF.

使用步骤

1. Upload a PDF (text-based or scanned)
2. Choose whether to keep images
3. Download the .md file or a ZIP with images

适用场景

• Import papers and reports into Obsidian or Typora
• Migrate manuals and policies into Notion, Yuque or Lark Docs
• Turn scans into searchable Markdown for an AI knowledge base
• Rebuild PDF tables as Markdown tables for docs and repos

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