Convert Obsidian notes to PDF, Word or HTML
Handles the syntax that is Obsidian's own — wikilinks, embeds and callouts — instead of leaving brackets all over your document.
Convert Markdown to PDF
Markdown source
Obsidian Markdown is not quite Markdown
An Obsidian vault is a folder of ordinary .md files, which is the format's great virtue: your notes are not locked in a database and you can open any of them with a text editor. But Obsidian adds syntax of its own that no Markdown standard defines, and most converters do not know about it.
The obvious symptom is wikilinks. A note that reads naturally in Obsidian as “see [[Project Plan]] for the timeline” converts, in most tools, to a document containing literal double square brackets. Embeds are worse: ![[architecture.png]] usually vanishes entirely or leaves a broken image, with nothing to indicate something was there.
This converter resolves them. [[Project Plan]] becomes “Project Plan”, and [[project-plan|the plan]] becomes “the plan” — the display text, since a link to a note inside your vault means nothing in an exported PDF. An embed becomes a labelled placeholder naming the file, so a reader can tell what belonged there rather than reading a paragraph with a hole in it.
Callouts are handled too. > [!warning] Heads up becomes a blockquote titled Heads up, rather than a quote beginning with a stray [!warning]. Obsidian's built-in export goes to PDF only and does it through the print engine; there is no Word export at all, which is usually why people end up looking for a converter in the first place.
How to convert an Obsidian note
Get the file
Your vault is a normal folder. Find the note in Finder or Explorer and drop the .md file onto the converter — no export step needed.
Or copy the text
In Obsidian, switch to source mode, select all and copy, then paste it above. Useful when the vault is on another device.
Pick a format and download
PDF, Word, HTML or plain text. Nothing is uploaded — the conversion runs in your browser.
Every format, from the same file
Obsidian to PDF
Produces a paginated PDF with real, selectable text rather than a screenshot of a preview. Headings are never orphaned at the foot of a page and long tables repeat their header row across breaks.
Obsidian to Word
Produces a .docx using native Word heading styles, so the navigation pane and automatic tables of contents work and a colleague can edit or comment on it normally.
Obsidian to HTML
Produces one self-contained HTML file with the stylesheet inlined — no external assets to host, so it opens correctly from a USB stick or an email attachment.
Obsidian to plain text
Lays the note out for a fixed-width reader: underlined headings, tables as aligned columns, prose wrapped at 80 columns. Useful for pasting into a ticket or an email.
Obsidian to PDF, Obsidian export to Word, Obsidian to docx
Obsidian ships one export: PDF, via the print engine. There is no built-in Word or HTML export, which is why the other three come up so often. This converter covers all four from the same note, and because a vault is just .md files on disk you can convert one without exporting anything first.
Questions
Do I need an Obsidian plugin?
No. Your vault is a folder of plain .md files, so you can drop one straight onto this page. Community export plugins exist, but they require installing and configuring something inside Obsidian.
What happens to my wikilinks?
They become their display text. [[Project Plan]] reads as “Project Plan”, and [[project-plan|the plan]] reads as “the plan”. A link into your vault would point nowhere in an exported document, so the text is what carries the meaning.
Will my embedded images appear?
Not in the exported file, because the image lives in your vault and only the text is pasted or uploaded here. You get a labelled placeholder naming the file, so nothing disappears silently.
Does it handle callouts?
Yes. A callout becomes a blockquote with its title in bold, so the emphasis survives even though PDF and Word have no direct equivalent of the Obsidian callout.
Can I convert my whole vault at once?
Not yet — this converts one note at a time. Batch conversion is planned.
Are my notes uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs in your browser, which matters more than usual for personal notes. Close the tab and nothing remains.