# MD to PDF (mdtopdf.io)

> A free, browser-based tool to convert Markdown (.md) to a professionally styled PDF. Paste Markdown, upload a .md file, or fetch a GitHub/remote URL, pick a template, and download a clean PDF. No signup, no installation.

## Key facts

- Price: Free. No account or signup required.
- Privacy: Editing, preview, and HTML export run in your browser. When you download a PDF, your Markdown is sent over HTTPS to a short-lived rendering worker, streamed back as a PDF, and discarded. Documents are not stored, indexed, or used for training.
- Input: paste raw Markdown, upload a .md file, or fetch a GitHub/remote Markdown URL.
- Output: PDF (multiple templates) and HTML.
- Preserved formatting: GitHub-Flavored Markdown, tables, clickable links, fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting, blockquotes, CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) text, emoji, and custom page breaks (`<!-- pagebreak -->`).
- Platform: web-based, works on any OS. Built and maintained by DeepMato.

## Primary tools

- [MD to PDF converter](https://www.mdtopdf.io/): the main editor — paste/upload/fetch Markdown and export a PDF.
- [PDF to Markdown converter](https://www.mdtopdf.io/pdf-to-markdown): the reverse direction — upload a text-based PDF and get clean Markdown back (headings, lists, code blocks, paragraphs rebuilt from the PDF text layer). Free, no signup, nothing stored. Does not OCR scanned/image-only PDFs.

## Use-case pages

- [GitHub README to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/github-readme-to-pdf): turn a repository README into a shareable PDF.
- [Markdown Resume to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/markdown-resume-to-pdf): export a Markdown résumé to a print-ready PDF.
- [Technical Docs to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/technical-docs-to-pdf): convert API references and guides with readable code blocks.
- [Obsidian to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/obsidian-to-pdf): export Obsidian notes to PDF via Markdown.
- [Notion to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/notion-to-pdf): export a Notion page as Markdown and convert to a styled PDF.
- [VS Code Markdown to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/vscode-markdown-to-pdf): a no-extension alternative to VS Code Markdown PDF plugins.
- [Markdown Table to PDF](https://www.mdtopdf.io/markdown-table-to-pdf): render Markdown tables to clean, paginated PDF.

## Comparisons

- [Dillinger alternative](https://www.mdtopdf.io/dillinger-alternative): browser Markdown editor with direct PDF export.
- [Pandoc alternative](https://www.mdtopdf.io/pandoc-alternative): convert Markdown to PDF without installing Pandoc, LaTeX, or a CLI.

## Common questions

- How do I convert Markdown to PDF? Paste or upload your .md at https://www.mdtopdf.io/, choose a template, and click Download PDF.
- Does it cost anything? No — it is free with no signup.
- Are my documents stored? No — they are rendered by a short-lived worker and discarded; nothing is stored or used for training.
- Does it support tables, code, and CJK/emoji? Yes — all are preserved in the exported PDF.
- Can it convert a PDF back to Markdown? Yes, at https://www.mdtopdf.io/pdf-to-markdown for text-based PDFs (not scans/images).