habr2md

habr2md is a simple CLI tool to download and convert articles from Habr — a popular Russian tech blog and knowledge-sharing platform — into clean Markdown.

It:

• extracts only article content
• removes images, galleries and author blocks
• ignores comments
• saves result as .md file
• file name is generated from article title

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• pip

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Installation

Create virtual environment:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 markdownify

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Usage

Run:

python habr2md.py

Paste article URL, for example:

https://habr.com/en/companies/postgrespro/articles/988066/

Result will be saved to:

results/<article-title>.md

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Project structure

habr2md/
├── habr2md.py
├── results/
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

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Notes

• Parser is adapted for the current Habr layout (article-formatted-body)
• Images and galleries are removed
• Output format is Markdown

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License

MIT