/convert/mastodon
Save Mastodon as Markdown
Save exports Mastodon posts and conversation threads — across any instance — as clean Markdown.
★★★★★ Chrome Web Store · 3 free saves per month · no account required
What Save captures from Mastodon
- ✓ Post body with inline formatting preserved
- ✓ Author, instance, display name
- ✓ Conversation thread (replies and quote-boosts)
- ✓ Content-warning text (when used)
What gets stripped
- × Instance sidebars and local/federated timelines
- × Notification rails and UI chrome
Save uses site-specific AI prompts to tell noise from content. The Markdown you get is optimised for note-taking apps (Obsidian, Notion) and AI context windows (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini).
How to save a Mastodon page as Markdown
- Step 1
Install Save for Chrome
Grab the extension from the Chrome Web Store. Free, no account needed for the first 3 saves per month.
- Step 2
Open any Mastodon page
Navigate to the page you want to save. Save auto-detects the site and picks the right extraction rule.
- Step 3
Click the Save icon
Clean Markdown, instantly. Copy to clipboard or download as a
.mdfile.
Example: Mastodon → Markdown
Point the extension at https://mastodon.social/@user/example and the output is a structured Markdown file with frontmatter metadata, clean headings, and lossless content — ready to drop into Obsidian, Notion, or an LLM prompt.
FAQ — Mastodon to Markdown
Does Save work on all Mastodon instances?
Yes — Save works on any instance you can open in your browser, not just mastodon.social.
What about content warnings?
Save includes the CW text in the output and marks the collapsed body clearly.
Also works on
Save supports 300+ sites with site-specific extraction rules. Here are a few close cousins of Mastodon:
Stop copy-pasting from Mastodon.
Save gives you clean Markdown in one click. Free for 3 saves a month, $5.99/mo for unlimited.