/convert/substack

Save Substack as Markdown

Save exports Substack posts — paywalled or free — as clean Markdown documents, preserving headings, block quotes, and embedded media.

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★★★★★  Chrome Web Store · 3 free saves per month · no account required

What Save captures from Substack

  • ✓ Post title, subtitle, author name, publish date
  • ✓ Full article body with headings, quotes, and images
  • ✓ Embedded podcast/audio player as a linked reference
  • ✓ Byline and publication name

What gets stripped

  • × Subscribe-modal and paywall overlays (for previews)
  • × Comment rails and reaction UI
  • × Cross-promotion between Substacks

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 Substack page as Markdown

  1. 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.

  2. Step 2

    Open any Substack page

    Navigate to the page you want to save. Save auto-detects the site and picks the right extraction rule.

  3. Step 3

    Click the Save icon

    Clean Markdown, instantly. Copy to clipboard or download as a .md file.

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Example: Substack → Markdown

Point the extension at https://example.substack.com/p/post-slug 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.

--- substack.md ---
# Substack · sample content
source: https://example.substack.com/p/post-slug
> Save exports Substack posts — paywalled or free — as clean Markdown documents, preserving headings, block quotes, and embedded media.
## What was captured
- Post title, subtitle, author name, publish date
- Full article body with headings, quotes, and images
- Embedded podcast/audio player as a linked reference

FAQ — Substack to Markdown

Does Save extract paywalled Substack posts?

Save only extracts what your browser shows you. If you're a paying subscriber, Save captures the full post; otherwise it captures the preview.

Are embedded podcasts preserved?

Yes — Save embeds them as Markdown audio references with the episode title and link.

Also works on

Save supports 300+ sites with site-specific extraction rules. Here are a few close cousins of Substack:

Save Medium as Markdown
/convert/medium/
Save DEV.to as Markdown
/convert/dev-to/

Stop copy-pasting from Substack.

Save gives you clean Markdown in one click. Free for 3 saves a month, $5.99/mo for unlimited.

Install Save for Chrome — Free See pricing