# Export topic as markdown

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-topic-as-markdown/152185>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-topic-as-markdown/152185 "2020-05-21T07:50:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![aschrijver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aschrijver/32/92004_2.png) [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-topic-as-markdown/152185/1 "2020-05-21T07:50:26Z")

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I found this [UI: Topic and Category Export/Import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-topic-and-category-export-import/39247) but that does not cover what I was thinking about:

- A means to export an entire public or DM topic as a single markdown document where the export action is UI-accessible to all the participants in said topic.

And _maybe_ (but for me not required) to have this feature available for anyone on public topics.

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I interact with many Discourse forums publicly and DM’ingly and have a need to archive discussions there in a personal markdown-based knowledge base. This is not only very time-consuming, but I can’t get the raw markdown of other people’s posts in forums where I’m not mod or admin (logically), so I have to recreate it manually.

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