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microsoft/markitdown: Alive

No archive, rename, move or deprecation signal found.

Repository	microsoft/markitdown
Last push	2026-10-28 (0 days ago)

Based on live GitHub data from 2026-10-28 19:32 UTC and our weekly dead/moved check of 2026-10-26.

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