# jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown

A PDF to Markdown converter

Repository: https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pdf-to-markdown
Homepage: https://pdf2md.morethan.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: pdf-converter, markdown
Last push: 2026-03-07T19:50:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3526, "days_push": 179, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1654, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.255329+00:00)

## What it is
A JavaScript tool that parses PDF files and converts them into Markdown format, built on top of Mozilla's pdf.js. It is available as a hosted web app and is being modularized to separate the parsing logic from the frontend.

## Use cases
- convert a pdf document to markdown
- parse pdfs into markdown text
- extract markdown from pdf files
- turn pdf documentation into markdown for a wiki
- batch convert pdfs to md files

## When to avoid
- you need high-fidelity conversion of complex layouts, tables, or scanned pdfs
- you need OCR for image-only pdfs
- you need a maintained CLI or API with strong guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: pdf, parser, markdown
- domain: pdf, files, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: pdf-converter, pdf-to-markdown, pdfjs, conversion-tool, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.255329+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:44:55.924186+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.255329+00:00, sha a860992ce363)
  - homepage: https://pdf2md.morethan.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:01.051099+00:00, sha ac205152ae8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.