Defuddle

Use Defuddle CLI to extract clean readable content from web pages. Prefer over WebFetch for standard web pages — it removes navigation, ads, and clutter, reducing token usage.

If not installed: npm install -g defuddle-cli

Usage

Always use --md for markdown output:

defuddle parse <url> --md

Save to file:

defuddle parse <url> --md -o content.md

Extract specific metadata:

defuddle parse <url> -p title
defuddle parse <url> -p description
defuddle parse <url> -p domain

Output formats

Notes

• Works with internal network addresses (192.168.x.x, localhost, etc.)
• For authenticated pages, the page must be publicly accessible from the current machine
• Save raw fetches wherever your project keeps scratch output, and keep them out of version control

Attribution

Derived from kepano/obsidian-skills (MIT, Copyright (c) 2026 Steph Ango). Modified in this repo; the upstream licence is included as LICENSE.