X Threads Articles to Markdown or Obsidian

Export X (Twitter) threads, tweets, and articles to clean Markdown — send to Obsidian or save locally. No API required.

tweet2md is an open-source Chrome extension that turns X/Twitter threads, posts, and articles into clean Markdown for Obsidian, research, AI workflows, and offline archiving. Export content in one click: - Save as Markdown - Copy Markdown to clipboard - Send directly to Obsidian - Download images locally alongside your .md file Works entirely locally in your browser. No API keys, no accounts, no tracking, no analytics. Key features: - Export tweets, threads, quote tweets, nested threads, and X Articles (formerly Notes) - Clean Markdown that works with Obsidian, Logseq, Notion, Hugo, and other Markdown-based workflows - One-click "Add to Obsidian" support via the obsidian:// URI scheme - Rich YAML frontmatter with author, handle, dates, source URL, content type, and engagement stats - Optional Obsidian-friendly frontmatter: wikilinked [[@handle]] authors, Dataview-friendly metadata, and synthesized titles and descriptions - Download embedded images locally to prevent link rot - Capture link cards with title, source domain, and preview image - Capture polls with choices, result percentages, and the vote total/status line - Preserve quote tweet structure and attribution - Export a single tweet or an entire thread - Inline export button directly inside x.com, plus toolbar popup and right-click context menu - Custom filename templates using placeholders like {date}, {handle}, {slug}, and {type} - Optional vault targeting and vault subfolder support for Obsidian - Optional downloads subfolder for exported Markdown and media - Multi-language UI: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Arabic, and Persian - Light and dark mode support Great for: - Obsidian and PKM workflows - Research and reference archiving - AI prompts and RAG pipelines - Building a searchable second brain - Preserving long-form X content offline Current limitations: - Videos and GIFs are not exported as playable media files - Some functionality may break if x.com changes its page structure significantly - If you install or update the extension while an x.com tab is already open, reload the tab before exporting — this is intentional, to avoid silent failures on an uninitialized page Open source: https://github.com/zendegani/tweet2md Changelog: https://github.com/zendegani/tweet2md/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md tweet2md is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with X or Twitter.