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id: word-to-markdown-converter name: Word-to-Markdown-Converter repo_path: ~/Documents/sw30labs/repos/Word-to-Markdown-Converter remote_url: https://github.com/sw30labs/Word-to-Markdown-Converter.git primary_language: Python framework: python-docx + markdownify ingested: 2026-04-13 last_commit_date: 2025-01-07 category: developer-tools stacks: [converter]

Purpose

Converts Microsoft Word documents (.docx) to Markdown format preserving heading levels, bullet lists, and tables. Simple CLI tool for documentation conversion and format migration.

Architecture

• Two-stage processing: python-docx reads .docx structure, markdownify converts to Markdown
• Style-aware conversion: Detects heading levels (Heading 1-N) and preserves hierarchy
• Table preservation: Converts Word tables to Markdown table syntax
• List handling: Recognizes bullet points and converts to Markdown list format
• Direct CLI: argparse-based command-line interface
• Streaming output: Writes converted content to file in one pass

Dependencies

• python-docx - .docx file parsing
• markdownify - HTML/element to Markdown conversion
• Python stdlib (argparse, os)

Key Features

• Heading level preservation (H1 → #, H2 → ##, etc.)
• Bullet point/list conversion
• Table format conversion
• Paragraph processing
• CLI with input/output path arguments
• UTF-8 encoding support
• Simple single-pass conversion

Tags

• python
• cli
• developer-tools

Entities and Topics

• developer-tools