Clipdown — Web to Markdown

About

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](url) — relative URLs resolved automatically
- Images with alt text → ![alt](src)
- 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](url) for quick linking
- Copy Link — right-click any link to grab it as Markdown
- Copy Image — right-click any image for ![alt](src) 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.