Richdown Web Open the editor

CSV to Markdown table converter

Paste CSV, or cells copied from Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, and get a GitHub Flavored Markdown table with its columns lined up.

Runs in your browser. Nothing you paste or open is sent to a server.

CSV or spreadsheet cells

How to use it

  1. Copy or open

    Copy cells in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, or copy CSV text. You can also open or drop a .csv or .tsv file.

  2. Paste

    Paste into the left sheet. The table appears on the right, and the Preview tab shows it drawn.

  3. Take it with you

    Copy the table, save it as a .md file, or open it in Richdown Web to edit it cell by cell.

How cells are written

Each row is a real conversion by this page.

CSVMarkdown
Quoted cell 
City
"Portland, OR"
 
| City         |
| ------------ |
| Portland, OR |
Quotes in a cell 
Quote
"""Hi"""
 
| Quote |
| ----- |
| "Hi"  |
Vertical bar 
Rule
A|B
 
| Rule |
| ---- |
| A\|B |
Line break in a cell 
Note
"Line 1
Line 2"
 
| Note             |
| ---------------- |
| Line 1<br>Line 2 |
Short row 
A,B,C
1
 
| A   | B   | C   |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1   |     |     |

The delimiter (comma, tab or semicolon) is detected from the first line. Files are read as UTF-8, or as Shift_JIS when they are not valid UTF-8, as Excel on Japanese Windows saves them.

Questions

Is my data uploaded?

No. Pasted text and opened files are read and converted in your browser only.

Why are some columns wider than their text?

Columns are padded so the table lines up in plain text too. Japanese, Chinese and Korean characters count as two columns, as in the Richdown formatter.

Can I turn a table without a header into Markdown?

Markdown tables always have a header row. Clear First row is the header to put every row in the body under an empty header.

Can I paste cells straight into the editor?

Yes. Pasting cells copied from a spreadsheet into the Richdown Web editor makes a Markdown table. Hold Shift while pasting to paste the plain text instead.

My CSV file shows garbled characters.

Files that are not valid UTF-8 are read as Shift_JIS. If a file uses another encoding, open it in a spreadsheet app and save it as CSV UTF-8.

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