markdown-docx

Convert Markdown files to DOCX format with support for both browser and Node.js environments.

将 Markdown 文件转换为 DOCX 格式，支持浏览器和 Node.js 环境。

Online Demo

Markdown to DOCX Converter

Features

• 📝 Convert Markdown to DOCX format with high fidelity
• 🖼️ Support for images (with automatic downloading)
• 📋 Support for tables, lists, code blocks, and other Markdown elements
• 🔗 Hyperlinks and footnotes support
• 🧮 Mathematical equations (LaTeX via KaTeX): inline $...$, display $$...$$, and fenced math/latex/katex; supports fractions, roots, subscripts/superscripts, sums/integrals with limits, and matrices
• 💅 Customizable styling options
• 🌐 Works in both browser and Node.js environments
• 🖥️ Command-line interface available

Installation

# Using npm
npm install markdown-docx

# Using yarn
yarn add markdown-docx

# Using pnpm
pnpm add markdown-docx

Basic Usage

Node.js

import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
import markdownDocx, { Packer } from 'markdown-docx';

async function convertMarkdownToDocx() {
  // Read markdown content
  const markdown = await fs.readFile('input.md', 'utf-8');

  // Convert to docx
  const doc = await markdownDocx(markdown);

  // Save to file
  const buffer = await Packer.toBuffer(doc);
  await fs.writeFile('output.docx', buffer);

  console.log('Conversion completed successfully!');
}

convertMarkdownToDocx();

Browser

import markdownDocx, { Packer } from 'markdown-docx';

async function convertMarkdownToDocx(markdownText) {
  // Convert to docx
  const doc = await markdownDocx(markdownText);

  // Generate blob for download
  const blob = await Packer.toBlob(doc);

  // Create download link
  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  const a = document.createElement('a');
  a.href = url;
  a.download = 'document.docx';
  a.click();

  // Clean up
  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}

// Example usage with a textarea
document.getElementById('convert-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
  const markdown = document.getElementById('markdown-input').value;
  convertMarkdownToDocx(markdown);
});

Advanced Usage

Using the MarkdownDocx Class

For more control over the conversion process, you can use the MarkdownDocx class directly:

import { MarkdownDocx, Packer } from 'markdown-docx';
import fs from 'node:fs/promises';

async function convertWithOptions() {
  const markdown = await fs.readFile('input.md', 'utf-8');

  // Create instance with options
  const converter = new MarkdownDocx(markdown)

  // Generate document
  const doc = await converter.toDocument({
    title: 'My Document',
    creator: 'markdown-docx',
    description: 'Generated from Markdown'
  });

  // Save to file
  const buffer = await Packer.toBuffer(doc);
  await fs.writeFile('output.docx', buffer);
}

Configuration Options

The MarkdownDocx constructor and markdownDocx function accept an options object with the following properties:

Option	Type	Default	Description
imageAdapter	Function	Built-in adapter	Custom function to handle image processing
ignoreImage	Boolean	false	When set to true, images in markdown will be ignored
ignoreFootnote	Boolean	false	When set to true, footnotes will be ignored
ignoreHtml	Boolean	false	When set to true, inline HTML will be ignored
gfm	Boolean	true	Enable GitHub Flavored Markdown support

Additional options from the marked library are also supported.

Math options

interface MathOptions {
  engine?: 'builtin' | 'katex' // default: 'katex'
  katexOptions?: Record<string, any>
  // Prefer constructs that render reliably in LibreOffice
  libreOfficeCompat?: boolean
}

Example:

const doc = await markdownDocx(markdown, {
  math: {
    engine: 'katex',
    libreOfficeCompat: false // set true if LibreOffice rendering looks off
  }
})

Command Line Interface

markdown-docx includes a CLI tool for converting markdown files from the command line:

# Install globally
npm install -g markdown-docx

# Basic usage
markdown-docx --input input.md --output output.docx

# Short form
markdown-docx -i input.md -o output.docx

If the output file is not specified, it will use the input filename with a .docx extension.

Supported Markdown Features

• Headings (H1-H6)
• Paragraphs and line breaks
• Emphasis (bold, italic, strikethrough)
• Lists (ordered and unordered)
• Links and images
• Blockquotes
• Code blocks
• Tables
• Horizontal rules
• Footnotes
• Task lists (checkboxes)
• Mathematical equations (LaTeX) - inline and block equations

Mathematical Equations

The library supports LaTeX-style mathematical equations using the $ delimiter for inline math and $$ for block equations.

Inline Math

Use single dollar signs for inline equations:

Einstein's famous equation is $E=mc^2$.
The Pythagorean theorem: $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$.

Block Math

Use double dollar signs for display equations:

$$
E=mc^2
$$

$$
\alpha + \beta + \gamma = \pi
$$

Fenced Math Blocks

You can also use fenced code blocks labeled math, latex, or katex for display equations:

```math
\left( \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k \right)^2 \leq \left( \sum_{k=1}^n a_k^2 \right) \left( \sum_{k=1}^n b_k^2 \right)

### Supported Features

- **Superscripts**: `$x^2$`, `$e^{10}$`
- **Subscripts**: `$x_1$`, `$a_{10}$`
- **Greek letters**: `$\alpha$`, `$\beta$`, `$\gamma$`, `$\pi$`, `$\omega$`, etc.
- **Operators**: `$\times$`, `$\div$`, `$\pm$`, `$\mp$`
- **Relations**: `$\leq$`, `$\geq$`, `$\neq$`, `$\approx$`, `$\equiv$`
- **Special symbols**: `$\infty$`, `$\in$`, `$\notin$`

By default, equations are rendered via KaTeX (LaTeX → MathML → native Word math/OMML) for broad coverage.

You can opt out to the lightweight builtin renderer (LaTeX → Unicode) if you prefer minimal output:


```ts
import markdownDocx, { Packer } from 'markdown-docx'

// Fallback to builtin (simple text) renderer
const doc = await markdownDocx(markdown, {
  math: { engine: 'builtin' }
})

LibreOffice compatibility

LibreOffice has partial OMML support. If equations look wrong in LibreOffice, enable a compatibility mode that favors simpler constructs:

import markdownDocx, { Packer } from 'markdown-docx'

const doc = await markdownDocx(markdown, {
  math: {
    engine: 'katex',
    libreOfficeCompat: true
  }
})

• Sums/integrals render as operator with sub/superscripts (instead of native n-ary)
• Matrices render as a bracketed form (instead of true OMML matrix)
• Word still renders these fine; this mode mainly improves LibreOffice rendering

With KaTeX (default), structures like \frac{a}{b}, x^{2}, x_{i}, \sqrt{x}, \sum/\int with limits, and basic matrices render as native Word math.

Image Adapter

The library provides a built-in image adapter that automatically downloads images from URLs. You can also create a custom image adapter by implementing the ImageAdapter interface. The adapter should have a getImage method that takes an image URL and returns a Promise that resolves to an object containing the image data.

const imageAdapter: (token: Tokens.Image) => Promise<null | MarkdownImageItem>

Customization

You can customize the styling of the generated DOCX by accessing the style components:

import { styles, colors, classes, numbering } from 'markdown-docx';

// Example: customize docs link color
styles.default.hyperlink.run.color = '0077cc';
styles.markdown.code.run.color = '000000';

You can refer to the files in src/styles to write your own styles.

• styles.ts - Default styles for the document
• colors.ts - Color definitions
• markdown.ts - Markdown-specific styles

Browser vs Node.js

The library automatically detects the environment and uses the appropriate image adapter:

• In the browser, images are fetched using the Fetch API
• In Node.js, images are downloaded using the built-in HTTP/HTTPS modules

Examples

For more examples, see the tests directory in the repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Related Projects

• docx - The underlying library for creating DOCX files
• marked - The Markdown parser used in this project