# Marked

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Marked and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Long-time users recommend it for clipping web pages to Markdown and say it is very light. The most common caveat is that it is somewhat slow.

## Why people recommend it

- Clips web pages to Markdown (1 comments): "can clip any web page to Markdown and then do whatever you want with it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290806))
- Long-time satisfied customers (1 comments): "I've been a satisfied customer of Marked for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47294029))
- Very light (1 comments): "marked is very light, but a bit on the slower side" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48822440))

## What people warn about

- Somewhat slow (1 comments): "marked is very light, but a bit on the slower side" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48822440))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Glow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glow.md): 18 recommend
- [leaf Markdown viewer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leaf.md): 7 recommend
- [Markdown Viewer and Editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/markdown-viewer-and-editor.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://marked2app.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Marked", https://hackerapproved.com/p/marked/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).