@markitdownjs/cli

CLI tool for converting documents from the terminal. Part of MarkItDownJS.

Install

npm install -g @markitdownjs/cli

Commands

convert — convert a single file

markitdownjs convert report.pdf --output report.md
markitdownjs convert data.json --format markdown

batch — convert all files in a directory

markitdownjs batch ./docs --output ./output --format markdown

serve — start an HTTP conversion server

markitdownjs serve --port 3000

watch — watch a directory and convert on change

markitdownjs watch ./inbox --output ./processed

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --output <path> | Output file or directory | | --format <fmt> | Output format: markdown (default), json, text | | --port <n> | Port for serve command (default: 3000) | | --concurrency <n> | Parallel workers for batch (default: 4) | | --verbose | Print per-file progress |

Part of the MarkItDownJS Monorepo

https://github.com/markitdownjs/markitdownjs