MediumToMarkdown

Convert your Medium posts to Markdown files effortlessly with MediumToMarkdown. This GUI application allows you to import a ZIP file containing your exported Medium data and convert all posts to Markdown format while preserving the original formatting.

Features

• Convert HTML posts to Markdown with a simple, user-friendly GUI.
• Option to skip converting comments.
• Customize the output filenames by removing dates and replacing hyphens with spaces.

How to Export Data from Medium

1. On your Medium homepage, click on your profile picture and select Settings.
2. Navigate to the Security and apps tab.
3. Click on Download your information.
4. Confirm the export by clicking Export.
5. A link to download your archive will be sent to your email once the export is complete.

Usage

1. Clone this repository or download the MediumToMarkdown.exe file.
2. Run MediumToMarkdown.exe.
3. Click Select Input ZIP to choose the ZIP file containing your exported Medium data.
4. Click Select Output Directory to choose where you want the Markdown files to be saved.
5. (Optional) Customize the output filenames by checking/unchecking the provided options.
6. Click Convert to start the conversion process.
7. A success message will be displayed once the conversion is complete.

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• tkinter
• html2text

Building from Source

If you wish to build the executable from source, ensure you have all the dependencies installed, and run the following command:

pyinstaller --onefile --windowed main.py