# Install md2pdf with Homebrew, Nix CLI utility that generates PDF from Markdown. Version 2.2.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#md2pdf. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:md2pdf ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install md2pdf ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#md2pdf ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/md/md2pdf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:md2pdf - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2.19 - **Source summary:** CLI utility that generates PDF from Markdown - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T19:04:26Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - md2pdf (cli) - md2pdf (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 2.2.19 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/solworktech/md2pdf - Upstream latest detected: v2.2.19 (current) ## Project history and usage md2pdf is a Go command-line utility that renders Markdown as PDF, with syntax highlighting, light and dark themes, custom themes, tables, generated tables of contents, pagination controls, footers, and non-Latin font support. ### Project history The public repository began in January 2018. Its tagged release line reached v1.3 in 2023, v2 in the following development period, and v2.2.18 in 2025; the v2.2.18 change also adjusted references after the project moved under the solworktech GitHub organization. ### Adoption history The official README supports three distribution paths: downloadable release binaries, installation with Go's module-aware go install command, and Homebrew. The supplied metadata additionally records a Nix package. ### How it is used Users pass a Markdown file, a directory of Markdown files, an HTTP(S) URL, or standard input and select an output PDF. Options control page size and orientation, themes, fonts, syntax highlighting, generated contents, page breaks, and footer metadata. ### Why package nerds care md2pdf provides a single Go binary for document conversion and builds PDFs through gomarkdown and fpdf instead of requiring a browser-based rendering stack. That makes it attractive for shell scripts, CI jobs, and reproducible document toolchains. ### Timeline - 2018: The public md2pdf repository is created. - 2023: The v1.3 release line is tagged. - 2025: The v2.2 release line reaches v2.2.18 under the solworktech organization. ### Related projects - The official README identifies gomarkdown/markdown as the parser, go-pdf/fpdf as the PDF generator, and gohighlight as the syntax-highlighting component. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** md2pdf - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - md2pdf: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/md/md2pdf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ghostscript](https://pkg.so/brew/ghostscript/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, media, pdf. - [pdfcpu](https://pkg.so/brew/pdfcpu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, media, pdf. - [pdf-diff](https://pkg.so/brew/pdf-diff/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, media, pdf. - [cairo](https://pkg.so/brew/cairo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf. - [poppler](https://pkg.so/brew/poppler/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf. - [qpdf](https://pkg.so/brew/qpdf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf. - [ocrmypdf](https://pkg.so/brew/ocrmypdf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf. - [psutils](https://pkg.so/brew/psutils/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf. - [md-to-pdf](https://pkg.so/npm/md-to-pdf/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: cli, conversion, document, document-conversion, markdown. - [ps2eps](https://pkg.so/brew/ps2eps/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, conversion, document, document-conversion, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/md2pdf.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/md2pdf.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph