Markdown Converter Tool

This tool converts Markdown files to HTML or PDF with enhanced features including code highlighting, styled tables, and an automatically generated table of contents.

Features

• Convert multiple Markdown files to HTML or PDF
• Generate a single combined output file or individual files for each input
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks
• Professionally styled tables and headers
• Automatic table of contents with clickable links
• Support for different paper sizes when generating PDFs

Installation

1. Clone or download the repository
2. Install the required dependencies:

npm install markdown-it puppeteer commander highlight.js slugify

Usage

node index.cjs [options]

Available Options

Option	Description	Default
-d, --directory <path>	Directory containing Markdown files	./markdowns
-f, --format <type>	Output format: html or pdf	html
-s, --single	Generate a single output file instead of separate files	false
-o, --output <path>	Output directory	output
-p, --paper <size>	Paper size for PDF: A4, Letter, or Legal	A4

Examples

Convert Markdown files to HTML (individual files)

node index.cjs -d ./docs -f html

Convert Markdown files to a single combined HTML file

node index.cjs -d ./docs -f html -s

Generate PDF with Letter paper size

node index.cjs -d ./docs -f pdf -p Letter

Generate a single PDF with Legal paper size

node index.cjs -d ./docs -f pdf -s -p Legal -o ./documentation

Output

The generated files will be placed in the specified output directory (default: ./output). When using the -s (single) option, the combined output will be named:

• HTML: combined.html
• PDF: combined.pdf

Without the -s option, each input file will have a corresponding output file with the same name but a different extension (.html or .pdf).

Example

git clone https://github.com/google/material-design-lite.git