PDF to Markdown that preserves layout, images, and tables
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I built this because I often need clean Markdown from PDFs for writing, documentation, and LLM workflows.Most existing tools either flatten everything into text or rely purely on OCR. I wanted something that preserves structure and is actually usable in Markdown.Feedback welcome.
HN · launched Jan 2, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: document and file conversion tools · 216 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▼ -4% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Data infrastructure
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes High-accuracy PDF-to-Markdown conversion that handles tables and images can be built by orchestrating off-the-shelf vision LLMs (like GPT-4o) or open-source document layout engines (Marker, Nougat, MinerU).
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1203 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1168 of 1204 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 63 days after the earliest competitor.
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- MD PDF Converter · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Built a tool solve the nightmare of chunking tables in PDF vs. Markdown · hn · 2025-11-23 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- Pdf-to-Markdown CLI · hn · 2026-04-02 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- PDF to MD · ph · 2026-09-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- PDF Text Tools · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- MarkAny · ph · 2026-09-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.55
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