How to Convert Markdown to PDF (and HTML)
Updated 2026-06-21
To convert Markdown to PDF, paste your Markdown into a live editor, check the rendered preview, then use Print / Save as PDF to produce a clean, printable document. With Markdown to HTML & PDF this happens entirely in your browser — your text is rendered and sanitized locally and never uploaded.
Convert Markdown to PDF in three steps
- Paste or type your Markdown into the editor. The preview on the right updates as you go, so you can see headings, lists, links, and tables render in real time.
- Set a Document title. This becomes both the page title and the suggested filename.
- Click Print / Save as PDF. Your browser's print dialog opens with only the rendered document visible — choose "Save as PDF" as the destination, then save.
The print step uses your browser's built-in PDF engine, so the result matches what you see in the preview: clean typography, proper page margins, and no app chrome bleeding into the output.
Export clean HTML instead
If you need a standalone web page rather than a PDF, click Download .html. You get a complete, self-contained HTML document with your title baked into the page, ready to open in any browser or drop onto a server. There's also a Copy HTML button if you just want the rendered markup to paste into a CMS, email template, or another file.
Because the HTML is sanitized with DOMPurify before it ever reaches the preview, the copied and downloaded markup is the same safe output — no surprise scripts, even if you paste Markdown from an untrusted source.
Turn on GitHub-flavored Markdown
By default the tool renders standard Markdown. Toggle GitHub-flavored Markdown (GFM) to enable the extras most people expect from a README:
- Tables written with pipe and dash syntax
- Task lists using bracket checkboxes
- Autolinks that turn bare URLs into clickable links
There's a second toggle, Treat single line breaks as line breaks, which is handy when your source uses one line per sentence and you want each on its own line instead of merged into a paragraph.
Common pitfalls and tips
- Nothing shows in the preview? Make sure there's actual content in the editor — an empty or whitespace-only input renders nothing.
- A table or checklist isn't rendering? Those are GFM features. Switch on GitHub-flavored Markdown.
- Page breaks in the PDF look off? Long code blocks and big tables can split awkwardly. Add a heading or blank lines before them, or shorten the section, to nudge cleaner breaks.
- Converting a README? Use it as-is — GFM mode handles the badges, tables, and task lists that GitHub uses, so your local preview closely mirrors how it looks online.
Everything runs client-side, which makes this a safe choice for private notes, internal docs, drafts, and anything you'd rather not hand to a cloud converter.
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