Defuddle is a new open-source tool that extracts and cleans main content from web pages, converting it to clean Markdown format. It removes clutter like headers, footers, and sidebars while preserving important elements like code blocks and footnotes. The tool was originally created for the Obsidian Web Clipper browser extension but can run in any environment.
Background
Content extraction tools help users save and read web content without distractions from ads, navigation, and other page elements. Similar tools like Mozilla Readability have existed for cleaning web content.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10