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

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I have always searched for a simple tool which can convert a MD document to a well styled small PDF, just like a GitHub Readme.This was inspired by TinyPDF https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46316968I also used this project to get familiar with agentic coding, which I had dreaded before.mdpdf supports:- using the included PDF fonts to generate tiny valid PDFs- outputs as A4 or Letter depending on your locale- plenty of common MD syntax: code blocks, inline code, lists, tables, and jpg and png imagesThat's it. It covers probably most of the use cases and can help to simply convert a Markdown write-up to a PDF to share.GitHub: https://github.com/schicho/mdpdfA simple make call should build it for you.

HN · launched Apr 9, 2026 · 15 upvotes (top 29%) · 0 views

Niche: document and file conversion tools · 216 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▼ -4% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes The author specifically demonstrated that this 2,000-line C Markdown-to-PDF utility was written using an AI coding agent.

Discussion

4 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: voiden.md (markdown-based API client)

Feature requests: Markdown to PDF screenshot examples in README, Output option with blank space (40-60%) on right side for handwritten notes (Tufte layout), Screenshot of rendered PDF output in README

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 925 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #246 of 926 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 137 days after the earliest competitor.

  • mdprint · ph · 2026-09-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.67
  • PDF to MD · ph · 2026-09-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • PDF To Markdown · ph · 2026-10-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • MD PDF Converter · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • md2pdf · ph · 2026-11-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Pdf-to-Markdown CLI · hn · 2026-04-02 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • MDFK · ph · 2026-09-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • MDXport · hn · 2025-12-17 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.53

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