Step 1: Supply your RTF files using the button above or by haul and lay.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Get your converted MD files.
RTF to MD Conversion FAQ
What does the RTF to MD converter do?
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It converts a RTF document into MD. Text, paragraph styles, tables, and embedded images are preserved as closely as the target format allows.
Will the formatting of my RTF survive the conversion to MD?
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Headings, paragraph styles, tables, and embedded images carry across. Advanced layout (text boxes, complex columns, macros) may simplify when MD does not support the feature one-for-one.
Is the RTF to MD conversion reversible?
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You can convert the MD back to RTF on this site. If either format involved is lossy, the round-trip is not bit-perfect even though it is visually or audibly close.
What output quality should I expect from RTF to MD?
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Default settings target broadcast / web quality — visually identical to the source for most viewers. For archival use, pick the highest quality option in the converter settings.
What exactly survives when RTF becomes MD?
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The words, and nothing else. MD stores characters and line breaks, so bold, italics, headings, fonts, colours, tables, images, headers and footers are all discarded — not degraded, removed. That is the correct outcome when you want the text for indexing, diffing or scripting, and the wrong one if the formatting carried meaning. Markdown is the lingua franca of documentation, README files, static site generators and note-taking apps, and it diffs cleanly in git. Markdown has no single standard, so tables, footnotes and embedded HTML behave differently between CommonMark, GFM and everything else.
Which Markdown dialect does this conversion use?
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CommonMark plus the GitHub Flavored Markdown extensions, which is the combination almost every current tool understands. That matters because Markdown was never standardised in one place: tables, footnotes, strikethrough and raw HTML behave differently between dialects, and those are exactly the constructs that silently change meaning when a document moves between renderers.
Will the MD open directly in a browser?
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Yes, and the RTF would not have. Browsers ship a decoder for MD and none for RTF, so an RTF link forces a download while an MD renders inline. That is usually the deciding factor when the file is going onto a web page rather than into an application.
Why would I use RTF rather than a modern document format?
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Because it opens in essentially everything, including software from the early nineties, and because it is plain readable text underneath so it survives systems that mangle binary attachments. The trade is size and features: an RTF is several times larger than the equivalent XML package and cannot carry tracked changes, comments or complex tables.
Is there a file-size limit when converting RTF to MD?
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Anonymous uploads are capped at a generous default; signed-in free accounts get a higher cap, and Pro accounts have no per-file limit. Browser memory is usually the practical constraint long before our server-side limits kick in.
Can I batch-convert several RTF files to MD at once?
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Yes. Drop or pick multiple RTF files in one upload — the converter processes them in parallel and returns a ZIP of the MD results. There is no need to repeat the upload step per file.
What happens to my RTF files after the conversion?
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Uploaded files and MD outputs are auto-deleted after a short retention window. We do not inspect, share, or train on user files. Direct download links are time-limited and tied to your session.
Can I edit the MD after converting from RTF?
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Yes — MD opens in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, and most office suites. Text, formatting, and tables are editable.
