markdown-clipper

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This is a Firefox and Google Chrome extension to clip websites and download them into a readable markdown file.

It uses the following libraries:

• Readability.js by Mozilla in version from commit 52ab9b5c8916c306a47b2119270dcdabebf9d203. This library is also used for the Firefox Reader View and it simplifies the page so that only the important parts are clipped. (Licensed under Apache License Version 2.0)
• Turndown v6.0.0 & turndown-plugin-gfm v1.0.2 by Dom Christie is used to convert the simplified HTML (from Readability.js) into markdown. (Licensed under MIT License)

Installation

The plugin is available for Firefox and Google Chrome.

Permissions

• Access tabs: used to access the website content when the icon in the browser bar is clicked.
• Manage Downloads: neccessary to be able to download the markdown file.

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