md2cb - Markdown to clipboard converter.

Converts GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) to rich HTML and copies it to the system clipboard for pasting into Word, Google Docs, Pages, Teams, etc.

Usage

cat file.md | md2cb

Then, paste the copied clipboard content to the target app.

Add --edit/-e flag to edit the content in $EDITOR before converting. -e would open an empty markdown file if run without any input (file or stdin).

Installation

Linux/macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/letientai299/md2cb/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/letientai299/md2cb/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Installs to /usr/local/bin (Unix) or %USERPROFILE%\bin (Windows) by default. Use -d <path> to specify a custom directory.

Demo

Rendered from test/demo.md.

Microsoft Teams	Google Docs	Froala Editor for reference

Development

See mise tasks for list of common tasks. Use mise dev to start the 2 web servers:

• http://localhost:9091/demo.md: Markdown preview rendered by markserv:
• http://localhost:9090: Froala editor for pasting the converted content

Requirements

• https://mise.jdx.dev for manage dev toosl and tasks runner.
• Docker for running dev servers

Notes

Most of the code was written by Claude Code, with some code review from Copilot!

At work I need to use Teams. It supports a few makdown features, but the editing experience for long message isn't smooth. So, I often write in NVim and use the below shell script to convert them before paste to Teams.

pandoc --from gfm --to html |
    textutil -convert rtf -stdin -stdout -format html |
    pbcopy -Prefer

The script work well for typical bullet list, but:

• Doesn't support image, mermaid.
• Mac only.

Hence, I build this.