Python MCP Markdownify Server

This is a pure Python implementation of the Markdownify MCP server using FastAPI and the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) Python SDK. It provides the same functionality as the original Node.js version but with a Python-only stack.

Features

• Convert multiple file types to Markdown:

  • PDF

  • Images

  • Audio (with transcription)

  • DOCX

  • XLSX

  • PPTX

• Convert web content to Markdown:

  • YouTube video transcripts

  • Bing search results

  • General web pages

• Retrieve existing Markdown files

Related MCP server: MarkItDown MCP

Installation

1. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Install uv and Python dependencies:

   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
   uv sync

Usage

Start the server:

python server.py

The server will start on http://localhost:3000 by default.

To integrate this server with a desktop app, add the following to your app's server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markdownify-python": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "{ABSOLUTE PATH TO FILE HERE}/python-mcp-server/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UV_PATH": "/path/to/uv"
      }
    }
  }
}