https://github.com/cxw42/pfft

PDF From Formatted Text: very lightweight markdown-to-PDF converter
https://github.com/cxw42/pfft

cairo compiled glib hacktoberfest lightweight markdown pango pangocairo pdf pdf-generation text-processing text-rendering tiny vala

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PDF From Formatted Text: very lightweight markdown-to-PDF converter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cxw42/pfft
• Owner: cxw42
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2020-06-06T17:09:20.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T00:32:10.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T03:04:34.077Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: cairo, compiled, glib, hacktoberfest, lightweight, markdown, pango, pangocairo, pdf, pdf-generation, text-processing, text-rendering, tiny, vala
• Language: Vala
• Homepage:
• Size: 557 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PDF From Formatted Text: markdown to PDF with fewer dependencies

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/cxw42/pfft.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/cxw42/pfft)

[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/cxw42/pfft/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/cxw42/pfft)

I think TeX, LaTeX, and Pandoc are fantastic tools!  However, I sometimes

need a markdown-to-PDF converter with fewer dependencies.  Pfft is that tool.

Pfft:

- Doesn't need a Web browser --- it doesn't use HTML

- Doesn't need a build system --- it comes with an autoconf-generated build

  script

- Doesn't need a separate rendering library --- it uses pangocairo, which

  is standard on GNOME systems.

## Installing from a source tarball

(Package names may differ --- these are for Ubuntu)

    $ sudo apt install -y libpango1.0-dev libgee-0.8-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev

    $ tar xvf pfft-VERSION.tar.gz

    $ cd pfft-VERSION

    $ ./configure && make -j4 && sudo make install

For the HTML documentation, run `make html`, then open

`doc/valadoc/pfft/index.htm`.

## Contributing to Pfft's development

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).

The version history is in [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

## Thanks

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## Legal

Most of pfft is BSD-3-clause (see file [`LICENSE`](LICENSE)).  The files in `src/logging`

are LGPL 2.1+ (see file [`LGPL-2.1`](LGPL-2.1)).