Week 45, updated 2 Nov 2026

Research & web data MarkItDown

Is MarkItDown safe?

Short answer: No issues in the code checks, but dependencies were not checked. StackGrade's weekly scan of microsoft/markitdown found no issues in the code and agent instruction files of the public repo, but there was no dependency list to check: osv-scanner found no runtime lockfile or package manifest, so the label is “No dependencies scanned”, not a passed dependency check. Automated scan of commit 7482c09 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

Updated : the last week its score, rank or safety result changed.

Microsoft's Python tool that converts PDFs and Office files to Markdown for LLMs.

  • 193,454 stars
  • pushed 28 Oct
  • MIT
  • Python

github.com/microsoft/markitdown

54score out of 100

#22of 52 overall#3in Research & web data▼ 3 vs Week 44

  • Maintenance 30%16
  • Adoption 30%83
  • Docs 20%69
  • Community 20%–
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Score over the last 4 weeks: 53, 53, 57, 54.

No dependencies scanned

Code checks clean. No runtime lockfile or manifest, so dependencies could not be checked.

How this score works

Each part is a percentile among all 52 tracked tools, so 50 is average for this list. Community is not measured yet; the score uses the other 80%.

  • Maintenance: Last push 28 Oct 2026. Last 10 GitHub releases within 421 days (about 0.6 per 30 days), latest release 21 Oct 2026. Issue close time: fewer than 5 closed issues, so not used.
  • Adoption: 193,454 stars (70%), 14,506 forks (30%).
  • Docs: README 21,058 characters, 30 headings, 29 code blocks, install section: yes.

Methodology

#3 of 6 in Research & web data

Ranked by score. The yellow row is this tool.

Research & web data, Week 45score 0–100, safety
  1. 1Firecrawl#1 overall78No issues found
  2. 2Browser Use#15 overall62Caution
  3. 3MarkItDown#22 overall54No dependencies scanned
  4. 4Crawl4AI#26 overall52Caution
  5. 5GPT Researcher#46 overall31Caution
  6. 6STORM#49 overall26Caution

Safety scan, 2 Nov 2026

Automated scan of commit 7482c09, 123 files. Not a manual audit.

No dependencies scanned

  • –DependenciesNo runtime lockfile or manifest, so nothing to check.
  • 0Install hooksNo npm install scripts found.
  • 0Remote-code patternsFor example eval(fetch(…)).
  • 0Agent files checked0 phrases flagged for review.
  • 0curl | sh installersIn docs or program code. Information only.
Why this label?

No issues found by the code checks. osv-scanner found no lockfile or package manifest, so no dependency check was possible. So “no issues” here does not cover dependencies.

Known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV): no lockfiles/manifests detected by osv-scanner

Notes:

  • Telemetry/analytics references in code: telemetry

Automated scan of commit 7482c09 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit. 123 files checked. What we check

Repo activity

From the GitHub API, fetched 2 Nov 2026.

  • 4Releases, 90 daysLatest v0.1.9, 21 Oct
  • –Median issue closeFewer than 5 closed issues
  • 193kStars+1,232 since 26 Oct
  • 14.5kForks784 open issues
  • 2024Repo created13 Nov 2024
30 days ago2 Nov
1 release in the last 30 days, one mark each (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries).

1 release in the last 30 days (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries):

Questions about MarkItDown

Answers use this week's StackGrade data.

Is MarkItDown safe to use?

No issues in the code checks, but dependencies were not checked. StackGrade's weekly scan of microsoft/markitdown found no issues in the code and agent instruction files of the public repo, but there was no dependency list to check: osv-scanner found no runtime lockfile or package manifest, so the label is “No dependencies scanned”, not a passed dependency check. Automated scan of commit 7482c09 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

How does StackGrade score MarkItDown?

MarkItDown scores 54 out of 100 in Week 45: #22 of 52 tracked tools overall and #3 in Research & web data. The score combines maintenance (16), adoption (83) and docs (69) as percentiles among all 52 tracked tools; community (20% weight) is not measured yet, so the score uses the other 80%. It is not a hands-on test and it is separate from the safety label.

What are the alternatives to MarkItDown?

The highest-scored other tools in Research & web data this week: Firecrawl (78, No issues found), Browser Use (62, Caution), Crawl4AI (52, Caution), GPT Researcher (31, Caution). StackGrade has not tested them hands-on.

What licence does MarkItDown use?

The licence listed for microsoft/markitdown is MIT. Read the licence text before commercial use.

Compare and use it

All facts and sources
Type
AI tool
License
MIT
Language
Python
Created
13 Nov 2024
Owner
microsoft (Organization)
Forks
14,506

GitHub description: “Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.”

Sources: github.com/microsoft/markitdown, api.github.com/repos/microsoft/markitdown, raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/markitdown/main/README.m. Fetched 2 Nov 2026.

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