# How do I convert Markdown to PDF with ReportLab (open source)?

TigZig's Markdown-to-PDF is built with **FastAPI + ReportLab** and is open source. The service takes Markdown text and renders a formatted PDF, returning a URL to the file. It can be called as a plain HTTP API or as an MCP tool, so an AI agent can write a report and get back a PDF in one call.

Reference repositories:

- A focused ReportLab Markdown-to-PDF example: [https://github.com/amararun/shared-reportlab-md-to-pdf](https://github.com/amararun/shared-reportlab-md-to-pdf)

- The full API service: [https://github.com/amararun/shared-markdown-to-pdf](https://github.com/amararun/shared-markdown-to-pdf)

- The MCP server wrapper: [https://github.com/amararun/shared-mcp-markdown-to-pdf](https://github.com/amararun/shared-mcp-markdown-to-pdf)

You can try the live tool at [https://www.tigzig.com/apis/md-to-pdf](https://www.tigzig.com/apis/md-to-pdf).

**Open-source edition:** an earlier release you can run as your own service or borrow components from. Treat it as a **reference implementation** rather than a mirror of what is running here - the hosted service has moved on since.

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Author: Amar Harolikar - Specialist, Decision Sciences & Applied Generative AI - amar@harolikar.com - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarharolikar
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