TextPad VS to-markdown

Compare TextPad vs to-markdown and see what are their differences.

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TextPad to-markdown
2 5
90 7,902
- 2.8%
5.6 4.8
22 days ago 21 days ago
Java HTML
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

TextPad

Posts with mentions or reviews of TextPad. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-09.

to-markdown

Posts with mentions or reviews of to-markdown. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-14.
  • Show HN: I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Apr 2024
    https://mixmark-io.github.io/turndown/

    With some configuration you can get most of the way there.

  • I need automatic source URLs when I paste any text onto a card or note, like on OneNote.
    4 projects | /r/ObsidianMD | 20 Apr 2023
    // Original script // https://gist.github.com/kepano/90c05f162c37cf730abb8ff027987ca3 // Bookmarklet Converter // https://caiorss.github.io/bookmarklet-maker/ // Libraries // https://github.com/mixmark-io/turndown // https://github.com/mozilla/readability javascript: Promise.all([import('https://unpkg.com/[email protected]?module'), import('https://unpkg.com/@tehshrike/[email protected]'), ]).then(async ([{ default: Turndown }, { default: Readability }]) => { /* Optional vault name */ const vault = ""; /* Optional folder name such as "Clippings/" */ const folder = "Clippings/"; /* Optional tags */ const tags = ""; function getSelectionHtml() { var html = ""; if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") { var sel = window.getSelection(); if (sel.rangeCount) { var container = document.createElement("div"); for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i) { container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents()); } html = container.innerHTML; } } else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined") { if (document.selection.type == "Text") { html = document.selection.createRange().htmlText; } } return html; } const selection = getSelectionHtml(); const { title, byline, content } = new Readability(document.cloneNode(true)).parse(); function getFileName(fileName) { var userAgent = window.navigator.userAgent, platform = window.navigator.platform, windowsPlatforms = ['Win32', 'Win64', 'Windows', 'WinCE']; if (windowsPlatforms.indexOf(platform) !== -1) { fileName = fileName.replace(':', '').replace(/[/\\?%*|"<>]/g, '-'); } else { fileName = fileName.replace(':', '').replace(/\//g, '-').replace(/\\/g, '-'); } return fileName; } const fileName = getFileName(title); if (selection) { var markdownify = selection; } else { var markdownify = content; } if (vault) { var vaultName = '&vault=' + encodeURIComponent(`${vault}`); } else { var vaultName = ''; } const markdownBody = new Turndown({ headingStyle: 'atx', hr: '---', bulletListMarker: '-', codeBlockStyle: 'fenced', emDelimiter: '*', }).turndown(markdownify); var date = new Date(); function convertDate(date) { var yyyy = date.getFullYear().toString(); var mm = (date.getMonth()+1).toString(); var dd = date.getDate().toString(); var mmChars = mm.split(''); var ddChars = dd.split(''); return yyyy + '-' + (mmChars[1]?mm:"0"+mmChars[0]) + '-' + (ddChars[1]?dd:"0"+ddChars[0]); } const today = convertDate(date); // This is the output template // It is similar to an Obsidian core template // except to insert a value we use: ${value} instead of {{value}} const fileContent =`--- type: clipping date_added: ${today} aliases: [] tags: [${tags}] --- author:: ${byline.toString().split('\n')[0].trim()} source:: [${title}](${document.URL}) ${markdownBody} `; // This copies your text to the clipboard navigator.clipboard.writeText(fileContent); // This creates a new document in Obsidian containing your clipping // I commented it out as this isn't what you asked for /* document.location.href = "obsidian://new?" + "file=" + encodeURIComponent(folder + fileName) + "&content=" + encodeURIComponent(fileContent) + vaultName; */ })
  • Content Parser – Extract Markdown, HTML or text from content-heavy websites
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Sep 2022
  • Do you trust the Obsidian company?
    8 projects | /r/ObsidianMD | 21 Apr 2022
    turndown [MIT] https://mixmark-io.github.io/turndown/
  • Pathfinder 2 API (OGL Content)
    1 project | /r/Pathfinder2e | 17 Apr 2021
    Have a look at turndown: https://domchristie.github.io/turndown/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing TextPad and to-markdown you can also consider the following projects:

Dawn - Here lies the fork of greatest open-source Reddit app

CherryTree - cherrytree

MifareClassicTool - An Android NFC app for reading, writing, analyzing, etc. MIFARE Classic RFID tags.

draw.io - draw.io is a JavaScript, client-side editor for general diagramming.

warpinator-android - An unofficial implementation of Warpinator for Android

SiMPad

Simple-Clock - Combination of a beautiful clock with widget, alarm, stopwatch & timer, no ads

OpenNote - OpenNote was built to be an open web-based alternative to Microsoft OneNote (T) and EverNote.

Simple-Calculator - A calculator for quick simple calculations with a nice user interface and no ads

Laverna - Laverna is a JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. Consider it like open source alternative to Evernote.

sleeptimer

dillinger - The last Markdown editor, ever.