md2pdf
The Markdown to PDF conversion tool with styles
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Yes, if you need to convert markdown to styled PDFs. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. The main condition is ensuring weasyprint's system dependencies are available on your platform—check the weasyprint installation guide before installing. For markdown-to-PDF workflows, this is a solid, production-ready choice.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Weasyprint must be fully functional on your system; see https://doc.courtbouillon.org/weasyprint/stable/first_steps.html#installation for platform-specific setup.
- Low friction: pure Python wheel with six runtime dependencies (jinja2, markdown, pygments, pymdown-extensions, python-frontmatter, weasyprint).
- Active maintenance with last commit 2026-08-14.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute md2pdf freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-03-31 (136 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 439 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 204,901 downloads/mo, #9,597 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install md2pdf[cli]
md2pdf -i README.md
Or as a library:
from md2pdf.core import md2pdf
md2pdf('output.pdf', md='input.md', css='style.css')- Whether weasyprint's system dependencies (e.g., Cairo, Pango) are easily available on all target platforms or represent a common installation barrier.
- Performance characteristics when processing large markdown files or batch conversions with the --workers parameter.
What it is and what it does
md2pdf is a Markdown-to-PDF converter that bridges markdown source files and styled PDF output. It accepts markdown input (from files or raw strings), applies optional CSS stylesheets, and renders the result as a PDF using weasyprint as its rendering engine. The tool supports Jinja2 templating within markdown, allowing dynamic content injection via frontmatter or programmatic context variables, and integrates markdown extensions from pymdown-extensions for features like syntax highlighting and emoji support.
You can use it as a command-line tool for one-off conversions or batch processing (with parallel workers), or embed it in Python code as a library function. It's designed for developers who need to generate styled PDF documentation from markdown sources—common in technical writing, report generation, and documentation pipelines. The package supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and is actively maintained.
Use it for
- Generate styled PDF documentation from markdown README files with custom CSS branding.
- Batch convert multiple markdown files to PDF with parallel processing using the --workers option.
- Create dynamic PDF reports by embedding Jinja2 templates and frontmatter variables in markdown source.
- Integrate markdown-to-PDF conversion into a Python application or documentation build pipeline.
- Render markdown with syntax-highlighted code blocks using pymdown-extensions and custom CSS.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need to convert markdown to styled PDFs.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. The main condition is ensuring weasyprint's system dependencies are available on your platform—check the weasyprint installation guide before installing. For markdown-to-PDF workflows, this is a solid, production-ready choice.
Install
md2pdf on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction: pure Python wheel with six runtime dependencies (jinja2, markdown, pygments, pymdown-extensions, python-frontmatter, weasyprint). Active maintenance with last commit 2026-08-14. Requires weasyprint to be fully functional on your system before use, per the documentation.
Weasyprint must be fully functional on your system; see https://doc.courtbouillon.org/weasyprint/stable/first_steps.html#installation for platform-specific setup.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute md2pdf freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install md2pdf[cli]
md2pdf -i README.md
Or as a library:
from md2pdf.core import md2pdf
md2pdf('output.pdf', md='input.md', css='style.css')Verify before relying
- Whether weasyprint's system dependencies (e.g., Cairo, Pango) are easily available on all target platforms or represent a common installation barrier.
- Performance characteristics when processing large markdown files or batch conversions with the --workers parameter.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 6 packagesjinja2markdownpygmentspymdown-extensionspython-frontmatterweasyprint |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 136 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 204,901 / month, #9,597 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableEnvironment :: ConsoleIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: MacOSOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIXProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Office/BusinessTopic :: Utilities |
Evidence: md2pdf-3.1.1-py3-none-any.whl
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