Migrate Wikipedia / MediaWiki content to Markdown. Handles wikitables, File: embeds, internal links.
Free MediaWiki to Markdown Converter transforms wikitext from Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Fandom, or any self-hosted MediaWiki install into clean GitHub-Flavored Markdown. Headings, bold, italic, internal and external links, wikitables, File: embeds, syntaxhighlight code blocks, and lists all convert correctly.
Privacy: This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or cached. Close the tab and it's gone. Verify in DevTools → Network: zero requests fire.
Migrating a wiki shouldn't require a paid SaaS. This tool exists because that conversion is a common one-time chore, and it should be as frictionless as Copy → Paste → Convert. Runs entirely in your browser.
| Input | Output | Typical size | Speed | Login needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki wikitext | Markdown (.md) | Up to 5 MB | < 50 ms | No |
Here's what this free tool does in detail — every feature is built to solve real problems, runs entirely in your browser, and is free forever.
== Heading == becomes ## Heading. '''bold''' becomes **bold**, ''italic'' becomes *italic*. Internal links [[Page|alias]] become [alias](Page), and external links [url text] become [text](url).
Going the other way? Use the Free Markdown to MediaWiki Converter. For HTML exports, the Free Markdown to HTML Converter works the same way.
By default, [[File:image.jpg|thumb|alt]] and [[Image:image.jpg|alt]] become  — standard Markdown image syntax. Toggle Files to images off if you'd rather keep them as plain-text references for later processing.
After conversion, run the output through the Free Markdown Image Extractor to audit every image reference.
Multi-row wikitables starting with {| class='wikitable' become properly-aligned GFM pipe tables. The first row is detected as a header (! cells), subsequent rows use |- separators, and the output uses fixed-width column padding for readability.
Clean up the table afterwards with the Free Markdown Table Sorter or the Free Markdown Table Transposer.
<syntaxhighlight lang='js'>, <source lang='js'>, and plain <pre> blocks all become fenced Markdown code blocks with the language hint preserved. <code> inline tags become single-backtick inline code.
Pair with the Free Markdown Formatter to tidy up the converted output.
Copy from a Wikipedia source editor, a Fandom page, or your own MediaWiki. Or click Load example for a representative sample.
File embeds become Markdown images by default — toggle off if you need plain refs.
Use the output in a README, Notion, Obsidian, or any Markdown target.
Save Wikipedia articles as Markdown for offline reading or personal knowledge bases.
Move fan wiki content to a Git-based Markdown site.
Retire a MediaWiki install and move to a Git-based Markdown documentation repo.
Extract wikitext for analysis in a Markdown-friendly pipeline.
Pull reference articles from Wikipedia into an Obsidian vault with correct formatting.
Yes. Free forever, no account required.
Yes. {| class='wikitable' / |} tables become GFM pipe tables with the first row as header.
{{Template|arg}} patterns are stripped. For heavy template use, expect manual cleanup after conversion.
Internal links [[Page|alias]] become [alias](Page). You may want to post-process the URLs if your target isn't a wiki.
No. Runs 100% in your browser.