Defuddle - Web Content Extraction

Extract main article content from web pages, removing ads, sidebars, navigation, and other clutter. Output clean Markdown with metadata.

Prerequisites

Before first use, check if defuddle is installed:

command -v defuddle >/dev/null 2>&1 || npm install -g defuddle jsdom

Default Workflow

When user provides a URL, follow this workflow:

Step 1: Extract content as Markdown + JSON metadata

Always use both -m and -j flags to get markdown content with full metadata: