Show HN: Mdpdf a 2k line C CLI to convert Markdown to tiny PDFs

Category: cli-tool

Tags: markdown, pdf-generation, cli-tool

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

mdpdf is a lightweight C command-line tool that converts Markdown documents to PDF files using only standard PDF fonts to keep file sizes small. It's interesting because it implements a complete Markdown-to-PDF pipeline with image support in just 2k lines of C with minimal dependencies (only zlib), making it highly portable and efficient.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, technical writers

Repository: https://github.com/schicho/mdpdf · C · MIT · 7 stars

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