Markdownee playground
Generate ready-to-run commands or code to export saved crawl results to files.
Export
npm package CLI
Export stored extraction results to files using the markdownee CLI. It reads results a prior `crawl` crawl saved to storage, so run an extract first (or point --storage at an existing storage directory) — otherwise there is nothing to export. Requires Node 22.22.2+ on the 22 line, 24.15.0+ on the 24 line, or 26+.
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What is Markdownee?
Collect the main content of web pages for research, dataset preparation, or a retrieval pipeline. Markdownee combines page fetching with configurable extraction and conversion. Preview one URL here, then use the generated commands or code to run your own collection.
- Boilerplate removal is powered by Trafilaturacore, our open-source pure-TypeScript port of Trafilatura. Its extraction core is a direct port of Python Trafilatura — with go-trafilatura used only as a DOM translation aid — and applies Trafilatura's own heuristics to strip navigation, sidebars, footers, and similar clutter
- Fetch rendered pages through Crawlee and Playwright, then pass their HTML to Trafilaturacore
- No Python runtime or GPU is required
- Choose open-source, self-hosted execution through the npm CLI or npm library, or use the hosted Apify Actor; source code is on GitHub
- Save image files with the optional image downloading mode
Getting started
The easiest way to try Markdownee — one npx command extracts a page straight to your terminal, with no browser install (you can install it later) and no API key — you host it yourself:
npx markdownee crawl-one https://example.com/ --crawler-type cheerio
--crawler-type cheerio fetches over plain HTTP, so no headless browser is downloaded. Need a whole-site crawl or specific formats? Use the playground to build a more advanced command visually, then copy it.