MarkDownload alternatives for webpage to Markdown

WebInk is a Chrome extension and a public webpage-to-Markdown tool. The extension converts the open tab, including pages you are logged into, and keeps headings, tables, code, and links. It builds an automatic table of contents you can limit by level and drop in with a template. The same panel sends that Markdown to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The free URL tool converts a public link with no install and can open ChatGPT. TOC, Claude, and Gemini live only in the extension. Image ZIP and Notion export are on the paid plan. It does not write a native Obsidian note or ZIP a list of URLs.

Obsidian Web Clipper is the official extension at obsidian.md/clipper. It highlights text, applies a template, and writes Markdown into a vault folder with properties you set. Site rules pick the template. Variables cover title, author, date, selection, and schema.org fields. That vault save is the job MarkDownload only approximated. Obsidian calls it free and open source. Choose it when the note must live in Obsidian. Skip it if you have no vault, or if the next step is ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. An automatic TOC was not on the pages we checked in October 2026. Interpreter runs a model you configure. That is not those three chat buttons.

Web2MD is a Chrome extension aimed at AI workflows. In October 2026 its store listing and homepage described conversion, send to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, prompts, batch runs, token estimates, and extractors for hard sites such as Reddit, YouTube, and GitHub. Those pages do not agree on the extractor count. Different URLs say 5, 14, 16, or 20 or more, and one post mentions a daily cap and a paid plan. Check web2md.org before you rely on a number or a price. A hosted paste-a-URL form was not observed. A CLI was. An automatic TOC was not observed. Try it when the extractor matches your site. Do not assume a TOC.

BulkMD is a Chrome extension for batch conversion. Its Chrome Web Store listing, checked in October 2026, describes a URL list, background tabs, and a ZIP of Markdown or text, with an article or full-page mode and concurrency controls. It also converts the open tab and calls the result context for ChatGPT or Claude. Opening ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini was not in that listing. An automatic TOC was not listed. A public no-install URL page was not listed. Ratings and prices are omitted here. Choose BulkMD when you want an archive from many URLs, not one outlined article.

MarkDownload, by deathau, is the open-source clipper people still mean by a MarkDownload alternative. It converted the open page with Readability and Turndown, showed a popup, and downloaded Markdown, with title templates, frontmatter, and an Obsidian hook. The last tag is 3.4.0 on 23 August 2024. As of October 2026 it is off the Chrome Web Store and treated as unmaintained. Manifest V3 pull requests exist. They are not a store install. Other stores were not re-checked. Use a leftover copy only to salvage a template.