Node JS Markitdown

Standalone NPM package for Markitdown - Convert various file formats to Markdown.

This repository builds and distributes markitdown as:

• Standalone binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• npm package (@mote-software/markitdown) with platform-specific binaries

Intended for Node JS use - web is not supported, though could be explored.

Quick Start

npm Installation

# Install
npm install @mote-software/markitdown
pnpm install @mote-software/markitdown
yarn add @mote-software/markitdown

Download Binary

• macOS: Intel (x64) and Apple Silicon (arm64)
• Linux: x64
• Windows: x64

Download pre-built binaries from the Releases page.

Usage

Programmatic API (Node.js)

const { getBinaryPath, runMarkitdown } = require('@mote-software/markitdown')

// Run markitdown and get output
const markdown = runMarkitdown('input.pdf')
console.log(markdown)

Credits

Wrapper of the excellent markitdown project by Microsoft.