MMD Converter

Extract text from Mermaid diagrams (MMD)


Drop or upload your .MMD file

How to extract text from your MMD file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MMD file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MMD to another file type

To convert MMD diagrams to another format, you need Mermaid.js or other Developer software.

Convert a file to MMD

To convert other file formats to the "Diagram Source Code" file type, you need software like Mermaid.js or a similar tool.


About MMD files

The .MMD file format is primarily used as a Mermaid.js Diagram Definition file. It stores plain, human-readable text code that rendering engines parse to generate complex flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and Gantt charts. Alternately, .MMD extensions are occasionally used as MikuMikuDance 3D model files, Mathpix Markup Documents, and legacy mobile skin templates. You can technically open a Mermaid .MMD file using any basic text editor like Notepad or IDEs like Visual Studio Code, but viewing the actual visual diagram requires dedicated rendering software like the Mermaid Live Editor or the Mermaid CLI. The main disadvantage of the .MMD format is its lack of native visual support in standard business software. You cannot directly insert an .MMD text file into a Microsoft Word document or a PowerPoint presentation and expect a chart to appear. It is strictly a developer-focused format that forces non-technical users to jump through rendering hoops. To make these diagrams usable in the real world, conversion is mandatory. For web publishing and high-quality responsive scaling, convert your .MMD file to SVG. If you need to embed the chart into emails, reports, or office documents, convert it to a standard PNG or JPG raster image. For long-term archiving and printing, converting to PDF is the best option.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MMD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PMX, MERMAID, MD, ZIP, TXT, MDD, PNG, SVG, PUML, DAT, VRM, FLOWCHART and FBX files.


FAQ

If you want to convert MMD file to FBX, VRM, PDF, PNG, SFM, OBJ, STL, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX or ODT, you can use Mermaid.js or similar software from the "Text-Based Diagram Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to MMD, try Mermaid.js or another comparable tool in the "Text-Based Diagram Definition" category.



The MMD Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MMD converter.