PDF to Markdown that keeps the structure
Turn papers, docs, and technical PDFs into clean Markdown with headings, formulas, tables, and two-column layouts preserved as much as possible.
indie developer · PDF tools · research workflows
I build tools for people who read hard PDFs.
I am komo, the solo developer behind KolmoPDF. I write about PDF parsing, paper-reading workflows, LaTeX extraction, layout translation, and the messy parts of building a useful document tool in public.
What I am building
Layout-preserving PDF translation
Translate PDFs while keeping the original page layout, so the result is still easy to compare with the source document.
PDF to editable slides
Convert dense PDFs into editable presentation drafts when you need to explain a paper, spec, or report quickly.
Writing next
This site is starting as a small hub. Next up: practical posts on converting PDFs to Markdown for LLM workflows, translating technical papers without losing layout, and honest notes from building KolmoPDF.