Convert .desktop to Markdown.
Drop a Linux .desktop launcher and read its keys as tidy Markdown in seconds. It runs entirely in your browser, so your file never leaves your device.
Drag & drop your files
or
Optimize for AI & RAG
Extra cleanup for LLM ingestion: strip HTML, fix smart quotes, tidy Unicode and spacing.
Add YAML front matter
Prepend a metadata block (title, source, date, word & token counts) for knowledge bases and RAG.
Add table of contents
Build a linked index from the headings. Handy for long documents.
Export RAG chunks (.json)
Split the result into retrieval-ready chunks. Download per file from the result panel.
Most converters quietly upload your documents to a server. This one physically can't.
An INI file
the desktop reads.
A .desktop launcher packs an application into a terse [Desktop Entry] block of key=value lines. Converting turns that block into a labelled heading with one bullet per key.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox
Exec=firefox %u
Icon=firefox
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
## Desktop Entry
- **Name**: Firefox
- **Exec**: firefox %u
- **Icon**: firefox
- **Type**: Application
- **Categories**: Network;WebBrowser;
Everything you
actually need.
Launcher files in, clean Markdown out, with no server and no account anywhere.
It never leaves your browser
Your .desktop is read and parsed on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server, ever.
# Heading
- point one
3 chunks
AI & RAG ready
Optional cleanup, YAML front matter, a table of contents and RAG chunk export.
Works offline
Once the page has loaded you can switch off your connection and it keeps converting.
## Desktop Entry
- Name: Firefox
- Exec: firefox %u
Sections become headings
Each [section] becomes a heading and every key=value line becomes a bullet.
Unicode safe
Accents, symbols and non-Latin scripts come through intact as UTF-8.
Free, and unlimited
No sign-up, no quotas, no watermarks. Convert one file or a thousand; it all runs the same way, on your own device.
What survives
the trip.
Honest about what comes through, and what doesn't. These are the same notes the Formats list shows for .desktop, so the page never drifts from what the converter really does.
Kept
3- Each [section] as a heading
- Each entry as a bullet
- Unreadable files kept verbatim in a code block
Dropped
1- Comments
Name=Firefox
Exec=firefox %u
Type=Application
.desktop questions,
answered.
Everything worth knowing before you drop in a launcher file.
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