microsoft/markitdown
★ 191,096 stars
Covered in week 2026-W27 · the 2026-07 report
Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
What markitdown is
MarkItDown is a lightweight Python utility for converting various files to Markdown for use with LLMs and related text analysis pipelines.
From the repository README · read it on GitHub →
Transcript
Adobe Acrobat costs $23/mo. This does it free. MarkItDown from Microsoft instantly converts your documents into clean Markdown — no more manual retyping or locked PDFs. It pulls text from images and audio, keeps your formatting intact, and processes entire folders on your computer with one command. Zero API fees, zero per-page charges. Over 161,000 developers already star it on GitHub. Would you replace Adobe Acrobat with this free alternative? Comment below.