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Export Markdown to PDF

Renders Markdown with one of three CSS themes, opens the browser print dialog — choose 'Save as PDF' to export.

Markdown → PDF
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Quick Start

How to export Markdown to PDF

Renders Markdown to themed HTML and saves it directly as a PDF file — no print dialog needed.

  1. 01

    Paste Markdown

    Sample loads a typical doc with all standard elements.

    Parsing runs through marked with GFM extensions enabled — tables, task lists, strikethrough, and fenced code blocks all match GitHub’s rendering.

    mdGFMmarkedCommonMarklive
    input · markdownmd · GFM
    # Doc title
    loaded · GFMGFM · ready
  2. 02

    Pick theme

    GitHub (default), Minimal sans, or Serif. Updates preview live.

    Soft-break behaviour is configurable: by default a single newline becomes a space (CommonMark), toggle on for chat-style <br> insertion.

    themesoft-breaksoptionsconfiglive
    theme · optionsgithub · live
    github · minimal · serif
    options applied · livelive
  3. 03

    Click Download → PDF

    Captures the preview and downloads a real .pdf file instantly.

    The preview is scoped under a .mde class so its CSS doesn’t bleed into the rest of the page. Output HTML is whitespace-controlled for clean diffs.

    downloadpreviewscoped CSSrenderstable
    out · rendered.pdf · ready
    document.pdf
    rendered · liverendered
  4. 04

    PDF saved!

    File lands in your Downloads folder. No server involved.

    Export covers both raw Markdown and rendered HTML; downloads stream as text/markdown or text/html via Blob + object URL.

    saveclipboard.md.htmlblob
    ✓ · exportedpdf · done
    ✓ Saved
    shipped · ready to shipsuccess
Pro tips

Author Markdown that renders everywhere

GFM is the safe default

GitHub-Flavored Markdown is the de-facto baseline (tables, task lists, strikethrough). CommonMark is stricter but ubiquitous as a fallback.

Soft-break behaviour varies

A single newline is a space in CommonMark, a <br> in GFM. Toggle soft breaks when source matters.

Escape inside code fences

Backticks inside fenced blocks need a longer fence — three becomes four. Use ~~~ if your content has many backticks.

Anchors are slugified

GitHub lowercases, strips punctuation, and joins with hyphens. Duplicate headings get -1, -2 suffixes.

Tables need a header row

The dash row sets alignment (:---, :-:, ---:). Use Table Aligner for diff-friendly columns.

Front matter is YAML

Triple-dash blocks at the top of files are parsed by static-site generators. Use the Front-Matter Validator to catch syntax errors.

Related toolsMD to HTMLMD to DOCXMD to ImageMD to RTFMD to EPUBGitHub Preview
Use Cases

When to export to PDF

Sharing, archiving, printing.

Share with non-devs

PDF is portable — opens everywhere. Render path uses marked with GFM extensions enabled (tables, task lists, strikethrough, autolinks), so what you preview matches what GitHub publishes bit-for-bit. Soft-break behaviour is configurable for chat-style vs prose Markdown.

GFM-compliant

Archive RFC

Snapshot design docs at decision time. Pairs cleanly with the Markdown Cheatsheet for syntax you can't quite remember — callout blocks, footnotes, definition lists. Output stays diff-friendly so style-only changes don't drown out real edits in PRs.

GitHub-perfect

Print handouts

Workshop slides, conference cheats. Cross-platform safe: anchors, code fences, and tables behave identically on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Gitea. Heading-anchor slugs follow GitHub's lowercase-and-hyphenate rules so deep links survive a docs migration.

diff-friendly

Resumes

Markdown → polished PDF resume. No server roundtrip — perfect for proprietary content you can't paste into a public tool. The full marked + GFM bundle ships with the page, so it works offline once loaded.

render-stable

Reports

Periodic reports with consistent styling. Front matter (YAML / TOML / JSON) passes through unchanged so static-site pipelines (Jekyll, Hugo, Astro, Eleventy) read it correctly. Pair with the Front-Matter Validator to catch syntax errors before deploy.

cross-platform

Compliance

Save committed-to versions as PDF. Output is reproducible: identical input always produces identical Markdown, so doc-generation scripts can rely on it for snapshot tests and embedded into release workflows.

SEO-friendly
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No — the PDF is generated entirely in your browser using jsPDF and html2canvas. Nothing is uploaded.
Use the GitHub / Minimal / Serif baselines. For deeper control, copy the HTML and edit.
Use HTML <div style='page-break-after:always'></div> inside your Markdown.
Not bundled — pipe through highlight.js first if you need it.
No — render and PDF generation happen locally.
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