Md To PDF

MD-to-PDF Plugin

Hackable CLI tool for converting Markdown files to PDF using Node.js and headless Chrome.

Commands

File Conversion

• md-to-pdf file convert — Convert Markdown to PDF

Usage Examples

• "md-to-pdf file convert --input document.md"
• "md-to-pdf file convert --input document.md --output doc.pdf"

Installation

npm install -g md-to-pdf

Examples

# Convert markdown to PDF
md-to-pdf document.md

# Specify output file
md-to-pdf document.md --output doc.pdf

# Use custom stylesheet
md-to-pdf document.md --stylesheet styles.css

# Add inline CSS
md-to-pdf document.md --css 'body { font-size: 12pt; }'

# Set PDF options
md-to-pdf document.md --pdf-options '{"format": "A4", "margin": {"top": "1cm"}}'

# Convert multiple files with glob
md-to-pdf ./**/*.md

# Pipe markdown from stdin
cat document.md | md-to-pdf > output.pdf

# Watch mode for live updates
md-to-pdf document.md --watch

# Output as HTML instead
md-to-pdf document.md --as-html

Key Features

• Markdown to PDF conversion
• Custom stylesheets
• Inline CSS support
• Code highlighting (highlight.js)
• Custom PDF options
• Watch mode
• Glob pattern support
• HTML output option
• Stdin/stdout support