PDF to Markdown Converter is a lightweight command-line tool developed in Go that allows users to easily convert PDF files into Markdown format. The tool leverages the go-fitz package for PDF to HTML conversion and the html-to-markdown package for transforming HTML into Markdown. However, due to varying PDF file structures, the conversion process may not be perfect and some styles could be lost during the conversion.
A simple command-line tool for converting PDF files to Markdown format in Go. This tool uses the go-fitz package for converting PDF to HTML and the html-to-markdown package for converting HTML to Markdown.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your_username/pdf-to-markdown.git
cd pdf-to-markdown-
Install the required Go packages:
go get github.com/gen2brain/go-fitz go get github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown
- Build the tool:
go build -o pdf2md pdf2md.go
- Run the tool with the path to the PDF file:
./pdf2md <path_to_pdf_file>
This will generate a Markdown file with the same name as the input PDF file but with a .md extension in the same directory.
The quality of the text and style extraction depends on the PDF file's structure, and the conversion might not be perfect. Some styles might be lost during the conversion process.