Printdown
EN

About

Printdown is a free set of document tools that run entirely in your web browser: a Markdown editor that exports styled PDFs, and a converter that turns Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel and other files into clean Markdown. There is no account to create, nothing is uploaded and no watermark is added to your files.

Who makes it

Printdown is built and maintained by Fazt, a software developer who creates programming courses and tutorials. The project started from a simple frustration: most online Markdown to PDF tools either upload your document to a server or stamp their logo on the result. Printdown does neither, and the same idea now applies to every tool on the site.

What you can do with it

  • Markdown to PDF: write or paste Markdown, see a live preview of the pages and export a PDF with selectable text. It includes six typographic themes, adjustable font size, page size and margins, syntax-highlighted code, tables, footnotes, task lists, Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math.
  • Any file to Markdown: convert Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB, OpenDocument, RTF and CSV files into Markdown that you can paste into a README, a wiki, a static site or an AI assistant.
  • Guides: practical, step-by-step articles about writing resumes, reports and documentation in Markdown, exporting notes, building tables, diagrams and equations, and preparing documents for AI tools.

How it works

The page downloads the code once; after that, everything happens on your device. Markdown is rendered with markdown-it, diagrams with Mermaid and math with KaTeX. PDFs are produced by your browser’s own print engine, so the text stays sharp and searchable. Document conversion uses anydoc, an open-source Rust library compiled to WebAssembly. Your current draft and style settings are kept in your browser’s local storage, so they survive a reload.

Principles

  • Private by design. Documents often contain personal or confidential information. Because they are processed locally, we never see, store or transmit their content.
  • No sign-up, no limits, no watermark. Every tool is free to use as often as you need, and the files you export are entirely yours.
  • Open formats. Markdown is plain text: your documents stay readable in any editor and easy to keep under version control.
  • Honest about limits. Conversions are not perfect. Scanned PDFs are images and would need OCR, which the converter does not do, and complex layouts lose some formatting. Each converter page explains what is preserved and what isn’t.

How it’s funded

The tools are free. The site shows ads to cover hosting and development; the privacy policy explains how advertising and analytics work.

Feedback

Printdown improves with the feedback of the people who use it. If a conversion goes wrong, something is missing or a guide is unclear, write to hello@printdown.app or see the contact page.