Decant - Web to Markdown Clipper

Fast, privacy-first web clipper that decants articles and webpages into clean Markdown.

Decant is a fast, privacy-first, open-source browser extension that turns any webpage or article into clean, structured Markdown — right in your browser. Clip once. Paste anywhere (such as Obsidian, Logseq, etc) you write. **WHAT IT DOES** Click the Decant icon on any article, blog post, documentation page, or news story. Decant instantly extracts the main content — stripping ads, sidebars, and navigation — and converts it into clean Markdown. From the popup you can: • Copy the Markdown to your clipboard • Download it as a .md file • Open it directly in Obsidian, Logseq, Bear, NotePlan, or Drafts **FEATURES** 📄 Clean Markdown Extraction Powered by Mozilla's Readability — the same engine that powers Firefox Reader View. Extracts article body, headings, lists, code blocks, and links. Cuts everything else. 🔒 100% Local & Private All processing happens in your browser. No servers, no accounts, no tracking, no telemetry. Your reading habits are entirely your own. 📋 YAML Frontmatter Optionally prepend structured YAML metadata to every clip — title, source URL, author, publish date, clip date, and tags. Fully customizable template. 📝 PKM & Note-Taking App Integration One-click open in your preferred app via URI scheme: • Obsidian (obsidian://) with optional vault selection • logseq:// • bear:// • noteplan:// • drafts:// 🤖 AI Chat Handoff Copies a formatted prompt to your clipboard and opens your preferred AI platform in a new tab — ready to paste and analyze the article. Supported: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Perplexity Customize the prompt template with {{title}}, {{url}}, and {{content}} variables. ⚙️ Markdown Formatting Control • Heading style: ATX (#) or Setext (===) • Bullet list marker: dash, asterisk, or plus • Code block style: fenced (```) or indented KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+Shift+M — Open Decant popup Alt+Shift+D — Clip current tab as Markdown Alt+Shift+C — Copy current tab Markdown to clipboard (Shortcuts can be customized in your browser's extension shortcut settings.) PERMISSIONS & WHY WE NEED THEM • Access to all websites — required to extract content from whatever page you're on. Decant only runs when you click the extension icon or use a keyboard shortcut. • Clipboard write — to copy Markdown to your clipboard. • Storage — to save your settings (formatting preferences, AI target, vault name) locally in your browser. • Context menus — to add a right-click "Clip as Markdown" option. • Active tab — to read the current page content. No data is ever sent anywhere. Everything stays in your browser. OPEN SOURCE Decant is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Homepage & docs: https://decant.covai.org/