---
id: mdutils
version: "1.8.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# mdutils — Useful package for creating Markdown files while executing python code.

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 1.6M/mo

## What it is and what it does

mdutils is a lightweight library for writing Markdown files from within Python scripts. It provides methods to add formatted text, headers, tables, lists, links, and images to a Markdown document, then save it to disk. The package is useful when you want to generate human-readable documentation or reports directly from your code execution without manually formatting the output.

The library has no runtime dependencies and installs easily as a pure Python wheel. It is classified as Production/Stable and has been maintained since 2018, though recent activity is sparse. The package targets developers who need to produce formatted Markdown output as part of their workflow—for example, generating test reports, API documentation, or data summaries.

Use it for:

- Generate automated test reports or build logs formatted as Markdown files from CI/CD pipelines.
- Create data analysis summaries with tables and headers directly from Python analysis scripts.
- Build README or documentation files programmatically as part of a code generation tool.
- Format and structure Python script output into readable Markdown for sharing or archiving.
- Produce Markdown-formatted reports from data processing or ETL workflows.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

mdutils generates Markdown files programmatically from Python code, letting you format and structure text output with headers, tables, lists, links, and styling as your code runs.

Yes, if you need to generate Markdown files from Python code. The package is stable, has no dependencies, and installs easily. The aging maintenance status (300 days since last release) is not a blocker for a mature, feature-complete tool, but you should verify Python version support matches your environment. No known security vulnerabilities.

## Install

pip install mdutils
uv add mdutils
poetry add mdutils

## Installing mdutils

Before you install: Low install friction; no runtime dependencies. Maintenance is aging—last release was 300 days ago—but the repository remains active and unarchived, suggesting the package is stable rather than abandoned.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute mdutils freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install mdutils

from mdutils import MdUtils

md = MdUtils(file_name='example')
md.new_header(level=1, title='My Title')
md.new_paragraph('Hello world')
md.create_md_file()

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package supports Python versions beyond 3.8 (classifiers list 3.6–3.8 but requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether all advertised features (color text, alignment) work consistently across Markdown renderers beyond GitHub

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 1.6M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

markdown file generation python, create markdown from code, markdown writer library, programmatic markdown creation, markdown formatting python, generate markdown files, markdown builder, markdown-generation, documentation-automation

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