Best of Markdown — May 2025

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   Dev Tools·50w

   Voiden - free, offline, git-native API workplace (a different Postman alternative)

   Voiden is a free, offline API workplace designed as a git-native tool that uses markdown for API definitions, documentation, and tests. It seeks to address common frustrations in API design by providing a single source of truth with Git tracking and eliminating the need for cloud syncing and bloated, redundant tools. Voiden simplifies API requests and documentation, integrating them directly into your codebase.

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   Hacker News·50w

   kepano/defuddle: Extract the main content from web pages.

   Defuddle is a tool designed to extract the main content from web pages by removing unnecessary elements like comments, sidebars, and headers. It creates clean HTML documents suitable for HTML-to-Markdown conversion and was intended for use with the Obsidian Web Clipper. Defuddle can serve as a replacement for Mozilla Readability, provides consistent outputs for various elements, and extracts metadata using schema.org. Installation requires npm and for Node.js, JSDOM. The tool is available in core, full, and Node.js bundles and offers configurable options for parsing and content manipulation.

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   Vuejs&Nuxtjs·50w

   fylepad - an open source aesthetic AI notepad of your dreams.

   fylepad is an open-source notepad that balances simplicity with powerful features such as AI editing, Markdown formatting, and a Rust core for speed and security. Users can save progress locally, work offline, and export notes in various formats. The app is in beta, promising new features in the future.

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   Product Hunt·51w

   Copy as Markdown for AI - Markdown conversion tool for the AI era

   Copy as Markdown for AI is a tool that simplifies the conversion of web pages into Markdown and YAML formats optimized for large language models (LLMs). Users can convert entire pages with a right-click, and preview the results instantly without complicated settings.

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   It's Foss·49w

   Guide to Using Plugins in Obsidian

   Obsidian is a versatile knowledge management tool that supports the use of plugins to enhance its functionality. There are two types of plugins: Core Plugins developed by Obsidian's team and Community Plugins created by users. Core plugins come pre-installed and are stable, whereas community plugins require disabling a restricted mode for installation. Users should be cautious due to their extensive access to the system. The article guides on installing, updating, and manually adding plugins, as well as transferring plugins between Obsidian vaults.

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