Is Markdown Exporter for Confluence free?

Yes. It is a free app on the Atlassian Marketplace.

Does it work on Confluence Server or Data Center?

No. Markdown Exporter for Confluence is a Confluence Cloud app only, built on Atlassian Forge.

How do I open the exporter?

Click the ••• (More actions) menu on any Confluence page and select Export to Markdown. You can also open it from the Apps menu in the top navigation.

How do I choose what to export?

The exporter shows a page tree with a checkbox on each page. Checking a parent selects all of its children. Select the pages you want, then click Export Selected.

Can I export an entire space?

Yes. Open the exporter from the Apps menu, choose the space and parent page in the Space Selector, check the pages in the tree, and export. The result is a ZIP with your full page hierarchy.

What is Obsidian mode?

When enabled, internal Confluence page links are converted to [[Page Title]] wikilinks, so the export works in Obsidian and other wiki-style tools.

How are Confluence panels exported?

By default, info, note, warning, tip and error panels become GitHub-style callouts such as > [!NOTE], which Obsidian also supports. You can switch to blockquotes or plain text.

What YAML front matter fields are included?

Five built-in fields: title, author (the last editor), date (the last-edited date), space key, and confluence_id. You can toggle each field on or off and add your own key-value fields.

How do filename patterns work?

Use the tokens {title} (the slugified page title), {date} (the last-edited date) and {id} (the page ID). For example, {title}-{date} produces my-page-2026-01-08.md. The pattern must include {title} or {id} so every filename is unique.

Are attachments included in the export?

Yes, when Include attachments is enabled. Attachments are downloaded and packaged in the ZIP under an attachments folder. Single-file mode does not include attachments.

Yes. A REST API with OAuth 2.0 (3LO) authentication offers two endpoints: singleExport returns one page as Markdown, and bulkExport returns a ZIP of a space or a page and its descendants. A site admin has to enable App REST APIs for the app first.

How is this different from Markdown Importer for Confluence?

Markdown Exporter is a separate, free app that only exports. Markdown Importer imports Markdown into Confluence and also includes its own export to Markdown.

Is my content stored securely?

The app is built on Atlassian Forge. Export history is kept in the app's Forge storage on your site, is visible only to admins, and stays until an admin clears it.

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Markdown Exporter for Confluence Cloud

Export Confluence pages, page trees and spaces to clean Markdown files

Free app that exports Confluence pages, page trees or spaces to Markdown, with YAML front matter, Obsidian wikilinks, attachments and a REST API.

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Why export Confluence to Markdown

Confluence's built-in export gives you PDF, Word or HTML, not Markdown. Moving docs to a Git repository, a static site or Obsidian means converting pages by hand and fixing every internal link.

Markdown Exporter turns the pages you tick in the page tree into clean .md files, in a ZIP that mirrors your hierarchy, with attachments, YAML front matter and panels as callouts. Obsidian mode writes internal links as wikilinks, and a REST API runs the same export from scripts.

What Markdown Exporter for Confluence does

Page Tree Export
Pick pages, subtrees or a whole space with checkboxes in the page tree and export them as a structured ZIP
YAML Front Matter
Optional front matter with title, author, date, space and page ID, each toggled on or off, plus custom fields
In-Tree Search
Filter the page tree by title, with matches highlighted
Filename Patterns
Name files with {title}, {date} and {id} tokens and see each generated filename in the tree as you type
Markdown Preview
Preview the Markdown of any page before exporting
Obsidian Mode and Callouts
Convert internal page links to [[wikilinks]] and render panels as callouts, blockquotes or plain text
REST API
Export a single page or a whole page tree or space over HTTP with OAuth 2.0 (3LO), using the singleExport and bulkExport endpoints
Forge-Powered
Runs on Atlassian, so your content never leaves Atlassian. Admins get an export history log

What teams build with Markdown Exporter for Confluence

Docs as code
A Git copy of Confluence docs, with front matter for static site generators.
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Obsidian vault
Pages become linked notes, with [[wikilinks]] and callouts Obsidian renders.
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Moving off Confluence
A whole space as Markdown files, with the page hierarchy as folders.
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Scripted exports
Call the REST API from a script or CI job to export a page tree.
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What changes for your team

Tick the pages you want in the page tree and click Export Selected to get a ZIP that mirrors your page hierarchy
YAML front matter with built-in fields you can switch on or off, plus your own key-value pairs
Obsidian mode turns internal page links into [[Page Title]] wikilinks
Filename patterns with {title} (slugified page title), {date} (last-edited date) and {id} tokens
Confluence info, note and warning panels become GitHub and Obsidian callouts by default
Preview any page's Markdown before you export it
A REST API with OAuth 2.0 (3LO) for exports from scripts and CI pipelines

Markdown Exporter for Confluence keeps your content inside Atlassian

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Runs on Atlassian
Built on Forge, Atlassian's own app platform. Storage, authentication and permissions are Atlassian's, with no server of ours in the path.
Data residency
Your content stays in the region your Atlassian site is in and keeps the permissions you already set there.
Paperwork ready
A GDPR data processing agreement and a CAIQ Lite questionnaire are published for your security review.
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Markdown Exporter for Confluence at a glance

What Markdown Exporter for Confluence includes
Price	Free
Hosting	Atlassian Forge, no external servers
Export scope	Pages, subtrees or a whole space, picked in the page tree
Output	A ZIP that mirrors the page hierarchy
Attachments	Yes, in an attachments folder
YAML front matter	Title, author, date, space key and page ID, plus custom fields
Obsidian mode	Internal links as [[wikilinks]]
Panels	Callouts, blockquotes or plain text
Filename patterns	{title}, {date} and {id}
REST API	singleExport and bulkExport, OAuth 2.0 (3LO)
Export history	Admin-only log
Confluence Server or Data Center	No, Confluence Cloud only

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Why export Confluence to Markdown

What Markdown Exporter for Confluence does

Page Tree Export

YAML Front Matter

In-Tree Search

Filename Patterns

Markdown Preview

Obsidian Mode and Callouts

REST API

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