markitdownPython tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

MarkItDown is a lightweight Python utility for converting various files to Markdown for use with LLMs and related text analysis pipelines. It is most comparable to textract, but with a focus on preserving important document structure and content as Markdown, including headings, lists, tables, links, etc. The output is often reasonably presentable and human-friendly, but it is meant to be consumed by text analysis tools, and may not be the best option for high-fidelity document conversions for human consumption. MarkItDown currently supports the conversion from PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Images (EXIF metadata and OCR), Audio (EXIF metadata and speech transcription), HTML, Text-based formats (CSV, JSON, XML), ZIP files, Youtube URLs, EPubs, and more. It is recommended to use a virtual environment to avoid dependency conflicts. With Python 3.10 or higher, you can install MarkItDown using pip: pip install 'markitdown[all]' or from the source with: git clone git@github.com:microsoft/markitdown.git, then pip install -e 'packages/markitdown[all]'. The usage of MarkItDown involves command-line invocation, either by specifying the output file, piping content, or using the narrowest convert_* function for specific use cases.