Markdown to HTML Converter

Rust command line tool written that converts Markdown files into HTML pages. Supports tables, strikethrough, code blocks, and more.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Rust (includes cargo)

Installation

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/osteph32/markdown-to-html.git
cd markdown-to-html

Build

cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be at ./target/release/markdown-to-html.

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Usage

cargo run -- <file.md>

Or with the compiled binary:

./target/release/markdown-to-html <file.md>

Example

cargo run -- README.md

This will produce a README.html file in the same directory as the input file.

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Supported Markdown Features

• Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes
• Bold, italic, strikethrough
• Ordered and unordered lists
• Inline code and fenced code blocks
• Tables
• Links and images

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How It Works

1. Reads the input .md file from the command-line argument
2. Parses it using pulldown-cmark with extended options enabled
3. Converts the parsed tokens to an HTML body string
4. Wraps the body in a full HTML page with minimal built-in CSS styling
5. Writes the result to a .html file with the same base name as the input

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Tech Stack

Language	Rust
Crate	pulldown-cmark
Build Tool	Cargo

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License

MIT