markitdown-rs¶

markitdown-rs is a fast, high-performance command-line tool and Rust library for converting various document formats (such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and more) into Markdown. It is inspired by Microsoft's Python-based markitdown.

Installation¶

You can install markitdown via Cargo:

cargo install markitdown

Config¶

markitdown-rs runs out of the box with zero configuration.

Usage¶

CLI Commands¶

1. Convert a file to Markdown (outputs to stdout)

markitdown document.pdf

2. Convert a file and save to a specific output file

markitdown document.docx -o document.md

References¶

• https://github.com/uhobnil/markitdown-rs
• https://crates.io/crates/markitdown