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The Markdown-to-PDF converter that doesn't upload your text
Most online converters send your Markdown to a server. We don't. The conversion runs in JavaScript in your browser, so what you paste stays in the tab.
By Elia Kuratli
·3 min read
Open the converterWhat "in the browser" means for privacy
When you paste Markdown into the editor, the text is held in a React state object — a JavaScript variable in the page. The PDF is generated locally by react-pdf, which renders to a blob in memory. The browser's download dialog hands you that blob as a file. None of that requires a server round-trip.
That has two consequences. First: your draft proposal, financial memo or HR letter never leaves your tab. Second: there is no usage quota — the cost of the conversion is on your machine, not ours. We can keep the tool free.
Three steps
- Open the converter.
- Paste your Markdown. Pick a theme.
- Click Export. The PDF downloads.
Where the "online" comparison sites usually go wrong
- They list us next to converters that bill themselves "free" but cap exports per day. Browser-based has no quota.
- They miss the privacy story. Server-side conversion means your text touches an admin's logs.
- They miss that an in-browser converter still works offline once the page has loaded.