MDXport
Browser-Based Markdown to PDF Using Typst and WASM
Details
- External ID
- 46307205
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- MDXport
- Website domain
- mdxport.com
- Launched
- Dec. 17, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 5
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.10400763358778627
- Tags
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Hi HN,I built this because I was frustrated with existing Markdown-to-PDF converters. Most of them rely on HTML/CSS (puppeteer) which often messes up pagination and tables, or they require uploading data to a server (privacy concerns).MDXport is a purely client-side tool.The Stack: - Core: Typst (a modern LaTeX alternative) compiled to WebAssembly. - Privacy: Zero data leaves your browser. All rendering happens locally via WASM. - Feature: It handles page breaks and complex tables much better than standard CSS print drivers.I also added some heuristics to automatically fix common formatting errors from LLM generated markdown (e.g., broken nested lists or overflowing tables).It's currently an MVP. No sign-up required, free to use.I'd love to hear your feedback on the rendering quality compared to Pandoc/LaTeX.Link: https://www.mdxport.com
Enrichment
- Theme
- markdown editors and writing tools
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- markdown to pdf conversion in browser
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes It is a client-side SvelteKit application that bundles the existing Typst compiler compiled to WebAssembly to render markdown/typst input into PDFs in the browser.
Discussion
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Competitors
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Launched 24 days after the earliest competitor.
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