markitdown
RepositoryConverts PDFs, Office files, images, and audio into Markdown for text analysis and AI tools.
Overview
Use case: Source-backed content preparation
A Python conversion utility transforms PDFs, Office files, images, audio, and other supported inputs into Markdown. It retains elements such as headings, tables, and links for language models and text analysis workflows.
Developers can convert files through command-line commands or Python calls, with optional dependencies for particular formats. This helps prepare document content for automated analysis; the README cautions that conversion fidelity for human reading is limited.
Source-based overview · Not hands-on tested.
Good for
- Convert Office documents to Markdown
- Prepare PDFs for text analysis
- Extract image text with OCR
- Transcribe audio into Markdown
- Convert ZIP archive contents
Price
Built-in conversion uses local compute. Optional Azure integrations incur API charges; specific rates are not provided.
Setup
Technical setup (inferred)
Requires Python 3.10 through 3.14; a virtual environment is recommended. Install with pip and choose optional dependencies for the file formats you need.
Change history
No substantive changes recorded. A successful source check alone is not a change.
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Licence, sources & verification
Listing facts
MIT| Source | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown |
|---|---|
| Author credit | microsoft on GitHub |
| Licence | MIT |
| Use case / type | Source-backed content preparation · repository |
Evidence
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Workflow context
- Intended task
- Prepare a draft, inspect its claims, and keep the receipts.
- Setup
- Technical setup (inferred)
Requires Python 3.10 through 3.14; a virtual environment is recommended. Install with pip and choose optional dependencies for the file formats you need. - Prerequisites
- Review repository setup instructions, runtime, model access and API credentials; exact requirements are not established here.
- Limitations
- Source checking does not prove functionality. No hands-on test was performed. Capabilities and availability are unconfirmed.
- Price
- Not stated
Built-in conversion uses local compute. Optional Azure integrations incur API charges; specific rates are not provided.
Attribution & reuse
Source: microsoft on GitHub.
Repository licence: MIT (check the repository for scope).
Changes made: summary paraphrased from the repository description with AI assistance, plus task tags; no README text, code or media reproduced.
Recorded modifications: summary written by TaskToTool in its own words from the repository's GitHub description; reviewed against the live source on 2026-10-22.
Editorial provenance
Summary written by TaskToTool from public source information; not hands-on tested.
Python utility that turns files and Office documents into Markdown.
Not hands-on tested.
AI-assisted drafting; reviewed by TaskToTool
Reviewed by TaskToTool Content Editor ·
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