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Markdown is the language of wikis, developer documentation, static site generators and note apps like Obsidian or Notion. Anyone wanting to bring a text from Word there otherwise fights copy-and-paste cruft. This tool takes your .docx file and produces clean Markdown: headings become #, bold becomes **text**, italics become *text*, bullet points become dash lists, numbered lists, links, tables and quotes. The result can be pasted straight into a repository, a wiki or a Markdown editor.
Behind the scenes the mammoth library reads your document structure from the Word styles and translates it into semantic HTML, which is then converted into CommonMark Markdown. Unlike the built-in Markdown export of some tools, not every period and dash is mangled with backslashes - you get readable, tidy Markdown. Nested lists are indented correctly, tables are written as pipe tables.
Everything runs entirely locally in the browser - your document never leaves your device, which is decisive for contracts, manuscripts or internal notes. Honestly framed: the text structure is carried over. Embedded images appear in the running text as short reference links (the actual image data URI sits only once at the end of the file - even when the same image occurs several times in the document); complex Word quirks like text boxes, columns, headers and footers or exact fonts do not belong to Markdown and are omitted. Only the modern .docx format is read, not the old .doc.
Specifications
Specifications
Input formats
DOCX
Auto-conversion
PDF
Output format
MD
Batch processing
No
Processing
Locally in your browser (JavaScript)
File upload
None
In 3 steps
Drop your Word file (.docx).
The conversion runs automatically.
Download the Markdown (.md).
Limitations: Converts .docx (Word) into CommonMark Markdown (headings, bold/italic, ordered and unordered lists incl. nesting, links, pipe tables, quotes). Images are output as a reference link with a single data URI at the end of the file (repeats of the same image are not duplicated). The structure is mapped via Word styles, not the pixel-exact layout (text boxes, columns, headers/footers, fonts are omitted). Document-level metadata (author, created/modified date, company, comments) is not read out. Only .docx (not .doc). Invalid files are rejected with a clear message.
FAQ
What is DOCX to Markdown good for?
To bring Word texts into wikis, Git repositories, static sites or note apps (Obsidian, Notion) that use Markdown.
Is my Markdown mangled with backslashes?
No. Unlike some built-in exports, this tool produces clean, readable Markdown without unnecessary escapes.
Are tables and nested lists supported?
Yes, tables are written as pipe tables and nested lists are indented correctly.
Are old .doc files supported?
No, only the modern .docx format. Open a .doc in Word first and save it as .docx.
Is my document uploaded?
No, the conversion happens entirely locally in the browser; the document never leaves your device.