strip-markdown
Converts markdown to plain text
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need a simple, dependency-light markdown-to-text converter and can tolerate an unmaintained package. The low install friction and permissive license make it a reasonable choice for one-off conversions or non-critical workflows. No if you require active maintenance, security updates, or compatibility guarantees with future Python or dependency versions—consider an actively maintained alternative for production systems.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (markdown and beautifulsoup4).
- However, the package is abandoned—last release was 2023-05-04 and no updates since.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions, though you must include the license notice.
last release 2022-04-23 (1574 days) · last repo commit 2023-05-04 · 9 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 252,498 downloads/mo, #8,543 on PyPI
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pip install strip_markdown
import strip_markdown
plain_text = strip_markdown.strip_markdown("# Title\n**Bold**")
print(plain_text)- Whether the package handles edge cases in complex markdown (tables, nested lists, code blocks with special characters).
- Performance characteristics with large markdown files or streaming input.
- Compatibility with recent versions of beautifulsoup4 and markdown dependencies.
What it is and what it does
strip_markdown is a lightweight converter that takes markdown source and produces plain text output, stripping away all formatting directives, links, emphasis markers, and structural elements. It works as both a standalone command-line tool (via `python -m strip_markdown`) and as an importable Python library, making it useful for extracting readable text from markdown documents.
The package depends on markdown and beautifulsoup4 to parse and clean the input. It is marked as Production/Stable in its classifiers, but has been abandoned since May 2023 with no subsequent releases or commits. The last version (1.3) was released on 2022-04-23, meaning the codebase has not been maintained for over a year.
Use it for
- Extract plain text from markdown documentation for indexing or full-text search.
- Convert markdown README files to plain text for display in systems that don't support markdown rendering.
- Prepare markdown content for text analysis, NLP, or content moderation pipelines.
- Batch convert markdown files to plain text format for archival or migration purposes.
- Strip formatting from markdown before feeding text to downstream tools that expect unformatted input.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need a simple, dependency-light markdown-to-text converter and can tolerate an unmaintained package.
The low install friction and permissive license make it a reasonable choice for one-off conversions or non-critical workflows. No if you require active maintenance, security updates, or compatibility guarantees with future Python or dependency versions—consider an actively maintained alternative for production systems.
Install
strip-markdown on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (markdown and beautifulsoup4). However, the package is abandoned—last release was 2023-05-04 and no updates since. Maintenance status is inactive, so security patches or compatibility fixes are unlikely.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT License (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions, though you must include the license notice.
Quickstart
pip install strip_markdown
import strip_markdown
plain_text = strip_markdown.strip_markdown("# Title\n**Bold**")
print(plain_text)Verify before relying
- Whether the package handles edge cases in complex markdown (tables, nested lists, code blocks with special characters).
- Performance characteristics with large markdown files or streaming input.
- Compatibility with recent versions of beautifulsoup4 and markdown dependencies.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesmarkdownbeautifulsoup4 |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 1,574 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 252,498 / month, #8,543 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: strip_markdown-1.3-py3-none-any.whl
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