MDX to Markdown
Strip JSX, get clean Markdown
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How to Convert MDX to Markdown
Paste MDX into the editor and the Markdown version appears beside it. Imports, exports, JSX tags, and curly-brace expressions are stripped out, while the text inside your components is kept and folded into the surrounding prose. What comes back is plain Markdown that renders anywhere: GitHub, GitLab, a VS Code preview, a static site generator with no MDX support. Reach for it when you're moving content off an MDX platform, or when someone needs a copy of the docs without component markup in the way.
What gets converted
Everything MDX-specific comes out. Import and export statements go first, then JSX tags and curly-brace expressions. A wrapper component with children, like <Callout>Watch out.</Callout>, is unwrapped and its text stays where it was. A self-closing one, like <Image />, has nothing to unwrap, so it's dropped. Ordinary Markdown passes through untouched: headings, lists, links, code blocks, images, emphasis.
Frontmatter handling
Frontmatter is valid in plain Markdown too, so it's kept by default. Toggle "Strip frontmatter" when the destination has no use for it, which is usually the case if you're pasting into a wiki or an email.
Migration use cases
The common one is moving docs off an MDX platform (Next.js, Docusaurus, Jamdesk) onto something that only speaks Markdown, such as a GitHub wiki, GitLab pages, or Confluence. It is also the quickest way to get a readable plain-text copy of a page for a newsletter, or for a reviewer who should be reading the words, not the component markup wrapped around them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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About this tool
The MDX to Markdown converter is free and open source. It runs entirely in your browser. Your input is never uploaded, stored, or logged. Open the network tab in your developer tools while the tool runs and you can confirm that for yourself. The full source code is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can read the code, file issues, or fork the project. There are no ads, no accounts, and no usage limits. Built and maintained by Jamdesk.
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