Mark Harvest

Extract main content and convert to Markdown.

Mark Harvest is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension that extracts the meat of any web page using Mozilla's Readability library and converts it into clean Markdown using Turndown.

Features

• Smart Extraction: Uses @mozilla/readability (the engine behind Firefox's Reader View) to identify and extract the main content while stripping away ads and navigation.
• Clean Markdown: Converts HTML to Markdown using turndown.
• Easy Copy: One-click to copy the extracted Markdown to your clipboard.
• Developer Friendly: Built with modern web technologies: Vite, TypeScript, and Vitest.

Installation

For Users

(See "For Developers" section below.)

For Developers

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install

3. Build the extension:

   pnpm build

4. Load the extension in Chrome:
   • Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/.
   • Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top right).
   • Click Load unpacked.
   • Select the dist directory in this project folder.

Usage

1. Navigate to a web page you want to capture.
2. Click the Mark Harvest icon in your browser toolbar.
3. Click the Harvest Content button.
4. The content is now in your clipboard!

Development

• pnpm dev: Start Vite dev server.
• pnpm build: Build production artifacts (outputs to dist/).
• pnpm test: Run the test suite with Vitest.

License

MIT