Defuddle

Defuddle is a Raycast extension that turns web pages into readable Markdown and keeps a lightweight local history so you can quickly revisit, copy, or export previous results.

Highlights

• Fast extraction from typed URLs, selected text, or clipboard URLs
• Dedicated recent history command for browsing and managing saved results
• Metadata toggle in detail view for a cleaner reading experience
• Broken image filtering and inline SVG cleanup to avoid noisy output
• One-click save to ~/Downloads for local Markdown files

Usage

1. Run Get Markdown.
2. Paste a URL in the search bar.
3. Press Return to extract and open the Markdown detail view.

From extracted pages or recent history you can:

• View Markdown in Raycast
• Copy Markdown to the clipboard
• Save Markdown to ~/Downloads
• Re-open the source URL
• Remove individual history items or clear history

Commands

Command	Purpose	Typical Use
Get Markdown	Extract Markdown from a URL and open the detail view	Quick one-off extraction from typed, selected, or clipboard URL
Recent Markdown	Browse and manage saved extraction history	Reopen old results, copy, save, or clean up history

Keyboard Shortcuts (Core Actions)

Action	macOS	Windows
Extract and View Markdown	Cmd + E	Ctrl + E
Copy Markdown	Cmd + C	Ctrl + C
Save Markdown to Downloads	Cmd + S	Ctrl + S
Open Source in Browser	Cmd + O	Ctrl + O
Toggle Details Sidebar	Cmd + D	Ctrl + D
Remove from History	Cmd + Backspace	Ctrl + Backspace
Clear History	Cmd + Shift + Backspace	Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Roadmap

Status	Item	Notes
Planned	Add optional filename prompt before saving	Allow custom export names and destination
Planned	Add pinned/favorite history items	Keep important pages at the top
Planned	Add markdown post-processing presets	Examples: trim frontmatter, normalize heading levels
Planned	Add retry + fallback extraction profile	Improve reliability on heavy or script-heavy pages
Exploring	Add "open in editor" action	Directly open saved Markdown in preferred editor

Development

npm install
npm run dev

Quality checks:

npm run lint
npm run build