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Create modern online books from Markdown files. Version 0.5.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06.
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Package summary
Create modern online books from Markdown files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mdbook
history
Project history and usage
mdBook is the Rust project's Markdown-based static book generator. The upstream README describes it as a utility for creating modern online books from Markdown files, and the GitHub repository description summarizes it as like GitBook but implemented in Rust.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created on 2015-07-07. mdBook grew in the Rust ecosystem as a documentation-oriented command-line tool: books are initialized with `mdbook init`, configured with `book.toml`, organized with `src/SUMMARY.md`, and rendered or served with commands such as `mdbook build` and `mdbook serve`.
The official user guide is itself an mdBook output, so the documentation doubles as a demonstration of the generated site format. The repository has continued active releases, with the GitHub releases API showing v0.5.3 published on 2026-05-19.
Adoption history
The supplied package-manager metadata shows mdBook in Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE. That broad packaging matches its use as a documentation build tool rather than only as a Rust crate.
Within package-manager culture, mdBook became familiar because it appears in source trees and documentation build pipelines: installing `mdbook` is often enough to preview or publish a project's manual locally.
How it is used
A typical workflow is `mdbook init my-first-book`, edit Markdown files under `src`, maintain the chapter tree in `src/SUMMARY.md`, and run `mdbook serve --open` for live rebuilding and browser refresh. Publishing uses `mdbook build` to generate a `book` directory of static HTML.
The book configuration file is `book.toml` at the book root. The official guide describes it as TOML and shows a minimal `[book]` table with a title.
Why package nerds care
mdBook matters to package maintainers because it turned documentation into a reproducible command-line build artifact. Instead of relying on a hosted wiki or a JavaScript-heavy documentation system, projects can build a static manual from Markdown with one packaged binary.
It is also a visible Rust ecosystem tool: it uses Rust's distribution channels and is packaged widely enough that documentation builds can depend on the system package manager instead of a project-local install step.
Timeline
- 2015-07-07: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2010s: mdBook established the `book.toml` plus `src/SUMMARY.md` structure documented in the official guide.
- 2026-05-19: GitHub releases API lists v0.5.3 published.
Related projects
- The repository description explicitly compares mdBook to GitBook while emphasizing that mdBook is implemented in Rust.
- The official guide links the book format to Markdown content, TOML configuration, and static HTML publishing.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mdbook. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
book.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mdbook | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.5.4
manager updated2026-07-06
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mdbook |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook |
| Last updated | 2026-07-06T21:38:51Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
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