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✒️ inkpress

Typography engine for creators — 为创作者打造的排版引擎

Markdown → WeChat / Xiaohongshu / More platforms

25 themes · Zero deps · Free forever

🌐 Live Demo · 📦 Install · 📖 Docs


Features / 特性

  • 25 curated themes across 5 series — classic, oriental, magazine, social, and more
  • Zero dependencies — pure Python core, no external API calls
  • Fully offline — works anywhere, even without internet
  • WeChat optimized — copy-paste directly into WeChat Official Account editor
  • Xiaohongshu ready — formatted content for Xiaohongshu long posts (coming soon)
  • YAML themes — fully customizable, create your own in minutes
  • JS renderer — browser-based 1:1 mirror of the Python engine for live preview

Install / 安装

pip install markdown pygments pyyaml

CLI usage / 命令行使用:

# Convert an article / 转换文章
python -m inkpress convert article.md -t aurora -o output.html

# List all themes / 查看所有主题
python -m inkpress themes

# Start local preview server / 启动本地预览
python -m inkpress serve

Python API:

from inkpress import convert, list_themes

# One-liner / 一行搞定
html = convert("# Hello\nWorld", theme="aurora")

# Browse themes / 浏览主题
for name, desc in list_themes().items():
    print(f"{name}: {desc}")

Theme Gallery / 主题画廊

5 series, 25 handcrafted themes — browse them all online →

5 大系列,25 个精品主题 — 在线预览 →

Series / 系列 Themes / 主题
Classic / 经典 default, minimal, mono, elegant-serif, aurora, ocean, sunset, latte, bluehl, corporate, forest, sunshine
Oriental / 东方 chinese-ink, zen-garden, tang-poetry, sanguo, inkwash
Magazine / 杂志 vogue, bauhaus, editorial, academy
Social / 社交 xiaohongshu, mint, mint-highlight, sakura

Custom Themes / 自定义主题

Drop a YAML file into ~/.inkpress/themes/ — it's that simple.

把 YAML 文件放到 ~/.inkpress/themes/ 即可。

name: "My Theme"
description: "A custom theme"
series: "custom"

h1:
  style: |
    font-size: 24px;
    color: #333;
    font-weight: bold;

paragraph:
  style: |
    font-size: 15px;
    line-height: 1.75;
    color: #444;

See themes/_template.yaml for the full field reference.

完整字段参考见 themes/_template.yaml


Project Structure / 项目结构

inkpress/          Python core engine / Python 转换引擎
themes/            YAML theme files / YAML 主题定义
showcase/          Static showcase site (GitHub Pages) / 展示网站
skills/inkpress/   Claude Code Skill definition
scripts/           Build scripts / 构建脚本

Use as Claude Code Skill

claude skill install /path/to/inkpress/skills/inkpress

Then say: "帮我用 aurora 主题排版这篇文章" / "Format this article with the aurora theme"


License

MIT — free for personal and commercial use.

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