md2pdf

Compile Markdown files to PDF using a local Chrome/Edge install — no Puppeteer download required.

How it works

1. Markdown is converted to HTML with marked.
2. The HTML is wrapped in a GitHub-style print stylesheet. A <base> tag points at the source file's directory, so relative image paths keep working.
3. Headless Chrome or Edge prints the page to PDF via --print-to-pdf.

Install

Not yet published to the npm registry. For now, install from a local clone:

git clone <this-repo> md2pdf
cd md2pdf
npm install
npm link          # makes the `md2pdf` command available globally

Undo with npm unlink -g @huaiyukhaw/md2pdf.

Once published, this will be:

npm install -g @huaiyukhaw/md2pdf

Requires Node.js 18+ and a Chrome or Edge install on your machine.

Usage

md2pdf <input.md> [more.md ...] [output.pdf]

Examples:

md2pdf docs/SDD.md                 # -> docs/SDD.pdf
md2pdf docs/SDD.md out/sdd.pdf     # explicit output
md2pdf docs/*.md                   # one PDF per file

Options

-h, --help      show help
-v, --version   print the version number

Configuration

If auto-detection can't find a browser on your machine, point at one explicitly:

MD2PDF_BROWSER="/path/to/chrome" md2pdf docs/SDD.md

License

MIT