What is breakdance?

Breakdance is a node.js library for converting HTML to markdown.

What's different about breakdance?

Breakdance uses cheerio to parse HTML, and snapdragon for rendering, which provides comprehensive coverage of HTML 4 and 5 elements, and granular control over the entire conversion process in a way that is easy to understand, reason about, and customize.

Why use breakdance?

  • Migrate HTML blog posts to markdown
  • Convert wiki pages to markdown
  • Convert HTML documentation to markdown
  • Convert HTML presentations or slide decks to markdown

Quickstart

1. Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save breakdance

Or install with yarn:

$ yarn add breakdance

2. Convert some HTML!

Add the following code to example.js then run $ node example:

var breakdance = require('breakdance');
console.log(breakdance('<strong>The freaks come out at night!</strong>'));
//=> '**The freaks come out at night!**'

Next steps