Markdown Table to CSV
Paste a Markdown (or pipe-delimited) table and get clean CSV — alignment rows and cell padding stripped, with delimiter, quoting, line-ending, and BOM controls. Runs entirely in your browser, no sign-up.
What this tool does
Paste a Markdown table (or any pipe-delimited table) and get back clean CSV. It runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded, it works offline, and there's no sign-up.
The parser:
- drops the Markdown alignment/separator row (
---,:--,--:,:-:), - trims cell padding so
| Ada |becomesAda, - treats the outer pipes as optional —
name | roleworks as well as| name | role |, - turns an escaped
\|into a literal pipe inside a cell (and quotes that cell so it re-imports correctly), - quotes any field that contains the delimiter, a quote, or a newline (RFC 4180),
- pads ragged rows out to the widest row, and
- ignores surrounding prose — you can paste a whole chat message and only the table lines are converted.
Options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Delimiter | Output field separator. A single character, or a name: comma (default), tab (gives TSV), semicolon, pipe, space. |
| First row is a header | On by default — keeps the header row. Turn it off to drop the header and emit only the data rows. |
| Quoting | minimal (default) quotes a field only when it needs it; all wraps every field in double quotes. |
| Line ending | lf (default, \n, Unix/macOS) or crlf (\r\n, Windows/Excel). |
| Add UTF-8 BOM | Off by default. Turn it on so Excel opens the CSV as UTF-8 (keeps accents like São intact). |
Examples
| Input (Markdown) | Settings | Output (CSV) |
|---|---|---|
| name | role || --- | --- || Ada | Engineer | | default | name,roleAda,Engineer |
| same as above | delimiter tab | name + TAB + role … (TSV) |
| city | note || --- | --- || Paris, FR | capital | | quoting all | "city","note""Paris, FR","capital" |
| a | b || --- | --- || x | y | | header off | x,y |
A cell with a comma is quoted automatically: Paris, FR becomes "Paris, FR"
so it stays one field.
Limits & edge cases
- One table at a time. Every pipe-bearing line is treated as part of a single table — if you paste a document with several separate tables, they're merged. Convert one table per run.
- Ragged rows are padded, not rejected: a row with fewer cells than the widest row is filled with empty fields on the right.
- Non-table lines are ignored — any line without a
|(prose, blank lines) is skipped. If nothing has a pipe, you get a clear "no table rows found" error. - The output has no trailing newline; copy or download it as-is.
FAQ
Is it free and private?
Yes. The conversion runs locally in your browser with WebAssembly — your table never leaves your device, and the page keeps working offline once it has loaded. There's no account and no upload.
Does the input have to be a full Markdown table?
No. Outer pipes and the --- alignment row are both optional. A plain
pipe-delimited block like 1 | 2 | 3 on each line converts fine — every non-blank
line that contains a | is treated as a row.
How do I get a tab-separated (TSV) file instead?
Set the Delimiter field to tab (or type a literal tab / \t). You can also
use semicolon, pipe, space, or any single character.
My cell contains a pipe character — how do I keep it?
Escape it in the Markdown as \|. The tool turns \| into a literal | inside
the cell instead of a column break, and quotes that field so it re-imports as one
value.
Excel shows my accents as garbage — what do I do?
Turn on Add UTF-8 BOM. The byte-order mark tells Excel the file is UTF-8, so
characters like São or café open correctly. For Windows imports you may also
want the Line ending set to crlf.
Can I drop the header row?
Yes — turn off First row is a header. The first row is removed and only the data rows are written to the CSV.
Developer & Automation Access
Run it from the terminal
Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:
gizza tool markdown-table-to-csv "| name | role |
| --- | --- |
| Ada | Engineer |
| Bo | Designer |"New to the CLI? Get gizza →
Open it by URL
Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:
https://gizza.ai/tools/markdown-table-to-csv/?markdown=%7C%20name%20%7C%20role%20%7C%0A%7C%20---%20%7C%20---%20%7C%0A%7C%20Ada%20%7C%20Engineer%20%7C%0A%7C%20Bo%20%7C%20Designer%20%7C&delimiter=%2C&header=true"e=minimal&newline=lf&bom=trueMachine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.