MarkItDown
Microsoft's Python tool and MCP server that converts PDFs, Office documents, images, audio and web pages to Markdown for LLM and agent pipelines.
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MarkItDown is listed in our MCP & infra category and is aimed at builders. Microsoft's Python tool and MCP server that converts PDFs, Office documents, images, audio and web pages to Markdown for LLM and agent pipelines. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Maturity: Mature. We last checked the official link on 2026-10-18.
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