Generate purge command

Generate a ready-to-run command or code to clear the Markdownee crawl storage.

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npm package CLI

Clear the Markdownee crawl storage using the markdownee CLI. This permanently deletes the datasets/, key_value_stores/, and request_queues/ storage buckets — it is irreversible, with no confirmation and no undo. Point --storage at the storage directory to clear; with no --storage it resolves the default location (./storage or the shared XDG storage), which may wipe unrelated crawl data. Requires Node 22.22.2+ on the 22 line, 24.15.0+ on the 24 line, or 26+.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

mkdir -p markdownee-run
cd markdownee-run

npm init -y
npm install markdownee

npx markdownee purge

Available as:

Apify Actoractor, helpApify gives you $5 of free usage monthly
npm package CLI & libpackage, CLI help, lib help
Source code on GitHub

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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.