Markdown to PDF without using LaTeX as intermediate format

[jsx97]

I need to convert Markdown to PDF without using LaTeX as intermediate format.

For this, I tried

pandoc input.md --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf -o output.pdf

but it turns out I need to install Rosetta to make it work on Mac, and moreover, wkhtmltopdf has been depreacted. I'm not sure I want to install Rosetta. Which PDF engine I can use instead of wkhtmltopdf? Or maybe there is a completely different way, a workaround?

[tarleb]

In short, possible values for pdf-engine are:

• pdfroff – extremely fast, but output is not as polished
• prince – only non-opensource solution, but free for personal use; high quality output
• weasyprint – very good quality converter written in Python
• pagedjs-cli – printing via Chrome, required a local JavaScript dev environment last time I checked.
• typst – the newest, and in some ways, shiniest tool in the list; quite fast, good quality, uses new tech.

Plus the ones you mentioned, and ConTeXt, which is not LaTeX but still a TeX-based solutions.

If you care about PDF/A support, then that only leaves prince, context, and weasyprint, but weasyprint doesn't have full support, I believe.

[jsx97]

Thanks, Albert!