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📝 md2all

A lightweight Python package to convert Markdown files into beautiful, responsive HTML or PDF documents—styled with Tailwind CSS, MathJax, and optimized for clean typography.

Ideal for note-taking, documentation, and publishing Markdown content without relying on external CDN access.

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🚀 Features

  • ✅ Convert .md files into clean HTML or PDF
  • 🎨 Styled using Tailwind CSS
  • 🧮 Built-in MathJax support for LaTeX equations
  • 📝 Beautiful, readable typography with prose class
  • 📦 Works offline — no internet or CDN required
  • 🔄 Support for CLI

🛠️ System Dependencies

To generate PDFs via Playwright, some system libraries must be installed.

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
    libavif13 \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 \
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
    gstreamer1.0-libav \
    libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
    libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev

On Fedora/CentOS/RHEL:

sudo dnf install -y \
    gstreamer1-plugins-base \
    gstreamer1-plugins-good \
    gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free \
    gstreamer1-libav \
    libavif

📦 Installation

Install md2all using pip:

pip install md2all

🖼️ Screenshots

See test_data/ for example Markdown and the output.

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✨ Library Usage

Function: convert_markdown

Convert a Markdown file to HTML or PDF with optional offline/online resource support.

📥 Parameters

Parameter Type Description
md_path str Path to the Markdown file (relative or absolute).
output_dir str (Optional) Directory to save the output. Defaults to the input file's directory.
output_format str (Optional) "html" or "pdf" format. Default is "pdf".
use_cdn bool (Optional) If True, loads Tailwind and MathJax via CDN. Default is False.

📤 Returns

  • str: Full path to the converted file.

✅ Sync Example (Recommended for most users)

from md2all import convert_markdown

# Convert to HTML
convert_markdown("test_data/test.md", output_format="html")

# Convert to PDF
convert_markdown("test_data/test.md", output_format="pdf")

⚡ Async Example (Ideal for batch/API usage)

import asyncio
from md2all import convert_markdown

async def convert_all():
    await convert_markdown("test_data/test.md", output_format="html")
    await convert_markdown("test_data/test.md", output_format="pdf")

asyncio.run(convert_all())

🧪 Command Line Interface

After installation, the CLI command md2all is available globally.

📌 Basic Syntax

md2all -m <md_path> -f <format> [options]

🎯 Parameters

Flag Description
-m, --md_path Path to the input Markdown file. (Required)
-f, --format Output format: "html" or "pdf". (Required)
-o, --output_dir (Optional) Output directory. Defaults to the input file’s folder.
-c, --use_cdn (Optional) Use CDN for Tailwind and MathJax. Defaults to offline.

📘 CLI Examples

Convert to HTML:

md2all -m notes/readme.md -f html

Convert to PDF in a custom directory:

md2all -m notes/readme.md -f pdf -o ./exports

Use CDN for styles and MathJax:

md2all -m notes/readme.md -f pdf -c

📁 Output Structure

  • Outputs .html or .pdf file to your chosen directory.
  • Automatically includes all required styling and MathJax configuration.
  • Offline assets (CSS/JS) are stored under ~/.lib/.

🧑‍💻 Author

Deepak Raj
GitHub – codeperfectplus


🤔 Why md2all?

I built md2all to make Markdown publishing easier—especially on systems without internet access. With a built-in offline mode, it's ideal for generating clean documents on secure or offline environments.


💬 Contributions Welcome!

This is an open-source project. Found a bug or want a feature?
Feel free to open an issue or pull request.

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