markprint 0.1.4

Beautiful, configurable, extensible Markdown-to-PDF rendering for Python.

Markprint

Beautiful, configurable, extensible Markdown-to-PDF rendering for Python.

Markprint is designed as a real document compiler rather than a tiny conversion script. It accepts files, raw Markdown strings, stdin, batches, or multi-file manuals; renders Markdown into themed printable HTML; then converts that HTML into PDF through WeasyPrint by default, with optional Playwright and Pandoc backends for browser-rendered diagrams/math and academic workflows.

Highlights

• File input: markprint README.md README.pdf
• Inferred output: markprint README.md
• Raw string input: markprint render-string "# Hello" --output hello.pdf
• Stdin input: echo "# Hello" | markprint - hello.pdf
• Batch render: markprint batch docs/*.md --out-dir dist/pdf
• Compile mode: markprint compile docs/intro.md docs/usage.md --output manual.pdf
• Built-in themes: default, GitHub, Nord, Dracula, report, resume, academic
• Built-in profiles: docs, report, resume, academic, book, whitepaper
• Markdown frontmatter configuration
• pyproject.toml, markprint.toml, and .markprint.toml discovery
• Typer CLI with Rich output
• Pydantic v2 settings models
• Pygments code highlighting
• Optional ultilog logging backend
• Optional Playwright, Pandoc, Python-Markdown, pypdf, pikepdf, and PyMuPDF extension points

Installation

pdm add markprint

From this repository:

pdm install -G dev -G test -G docs
pdm run markprint README.md README.pdf

Full local development install:

pdm install -G all
pdm run playwright install chromium

Quickstart

markprint README.md README.pdf
markprint README.md --theme github --toc
markprint render-string "# Hello\n\nThis is **Markdown**." --output hello.pdf
cat README.md | markprint - README.pdf

Python API

from pathlib import Path

from markprint import RenderOptions, render_pdf

artifact = render_pdf(
    markdown="# Hello\n\nThis is **raw Markdown**.",
    output=Path("hello.pdf"),
    options=RenderOptions(theme="github", toc=True),
)

print(artifact.output_path)

Configuration

Markprint reads configuration from:

1. CLI flags
2. Python API RenderOptions
3. Markdown frontmatter
4. markprint.toml, .markprint.toml, or [tool.markprint] in pyproject.toml
5. Built-in defaults

Example:

[tool.markprint]
default_input = "README.md"
default_output = "dist/README.pdf"
engine = "weasyprint"
markdown_engine = "markdown-it"
theme = "github"
profile = "docs"
toc = true
page_numbers = true
code_theme = "default"
page_size = "Letter"
margin = "0.8in"

[tool.markprint.logging]
enabled = true
backend = "ultilog"
preset = "dev"
level = "INFO"
mode = "rich"

Frontmatter example:

---
title: Architecture Report
profile: report
theme: nord
toc: true
page_numbers: true
---

# Overview

CLI reference

markprint [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
markprint render INPUT [OUTPUT]
markprint render-string MARKDOWN --output OUTPUT
markprint batch INPUTS... --out-dir DIR
markprint compile INPUTS... --output OUTPUT
markprint html INPUT --output OUTPUT.html
markprint themes
markprint profiles
markprint engines
markprint config
markprint doctor

Architecture

MarkdownSource
  → FrontmatterParser
  → MarkdownEngine
  → HtmlDocument
  → HtmlBuilder + ThemeRegistry + Pygments
  → StyledHtmlDocument
  → PdfRenderer
  → PdfArtifact

Strict boundaries keep the package extensible:

• Markdown engines never know about PDF rendering.
• PDF renderers never know about Markdown syntax.
• Themes only provide templates and CSS.
• Logging is optional and adapter-based.
• Heavy dependencies live behind extras.

Testing

pdm run pytest
pdm run pytest --cov=markprint --cov-report=term-missing

The repository includes unit, integration, e2e, and visual test scaffolds.

Optional extras

pdm add "markprint[logging]"        # ultilog
pdm add "markprint[browser]"        # Playwright
pdm add "markprint[pandoc]"         # pypandoc
pdm add "markprint[markdown-python]"# Python-Markdown + pymdown-extensions
pdm add "markprint[pdf]"            # pypdf, pikepdf, PyMuPDF
pdm add "markprint[all]"            # everything

Development roadmap

• Strengthen config precedence and theme inheritance
• Add more Markdown plugins and custom admonitions
• Add Mermaid pre-render mode
• Add MathJax/KaTeX browser rendering
• Add Pandoc citation workflows
• Add PDF metadata/merge/preview commands
• Add plugin discovery through entry points
• Add visual regression fixtures

License

MIT