Convert Word .docx Files to HTML or Markdown Using Python Mammoth

This short article explains how to use the Python CLI tool Mammoth to convert .docx Word documents into simple web pages (HTML) or Markdown files.

Microsoft Office is the most popular office suite, and converting documents to web‑friendly formats enables easy sharing, with cheap or free hosting options such as GitHub Pages.

Install Mammoth Make sure Python and pip are installed, then run pip install mammoth in a command prompt or terminal.

Convert DOCX to HTML via CLI Use the command mammoth input_name.docx output_name.html to generate an HTML file.

Convert DOCX to HTML via Python import mammoth with open("sample.docx", "rb") as docx_file: result = mammoth.convert_to_html(docx_file) with open("sample.html", "w") as html_file: html_file.write(result.value)

Convert DOCX to Markdown via CLI Run mammoth .\sample.docx output.md --output-format=markdown to produce a Markdown file.

Convert DOCX to Markdown via Python with open("sample.docx", "rb") as docx_file: result = mammoth.convert_to_markdown(docx_file) with open("sample.md", "w") as markdown_file: markdown_file.write(result.value)

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