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Turn Markdown docs into a PDF handbook

Turn Markdown docs into a branded, page-numbered PDF handbook as part of your build.

The problem

  • Technical documentation lives in Markdown in the repo, but releases need a single polished PDF deliverable.
  • Hand-assembling release docs is repetitive and tends to drift out of sync with the code.
  • Internal documentation often contains proprietary detail that should not be processed by outside services.

The workflow

One licensed pipeline chains these steps end to end. Each step is a tool you can try free on the public site.

  1. 1

    Render Markdown to PDF

    Markdown to PDF

    Convert each documentation source file into a clean PDF section.

  2. 2

    Combine the sections

    Merge PDF

    Assemble the rendered sections into one ordered handbook.

  3. 3

    Apply headers and footers

    Header & footer

    Add product name, version and confidentiality marking consistently across pages.

  4. 4

    Number the pages

    Add page numbers

    Apply continuous page numbers for clean references and a table of contents.

Try it free, right now

Every tool in this workflow is free on the public site — no signup, nothing uploaded. Run the steps by hand to see the output, then license the automated pipeline for your team.

Why run it on-premise?

Because the conversion runs inside your own environment, proprietary documentation never leaves the network and the step can be scripted into a CI pipeline. That keeps build automation self-contained and IP under your control.

The Business suite ships as a self-hosted bundle that runs inside your own network, so the documents in this workflow never leave the building. See how deployment works.

Outcome

Each release ships a consistent, branded PDF handbook generated straight from the documentation source.

Included in the Team license.

See licensing

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