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Install multimarkdown with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Turn marked-up plain text into well-formatted documents. Version 6.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install multimarkdown

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install multimarkdown

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/multimarkdown/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install multimarkdown

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · multimarkdown · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#multimarkdown

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mu/multimarkdown/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Turn marked-up plain text into well-formatted documents

Commands and aliases

  • mmd2all
  • mmd2epub
  • mmd2fodt
  • mmd2odt
  • mmd2opml
  • mmd2pdf
  • mmd2tex
  • multimarkdown

history

Project history and usage

MultiMarkdown is Fletcher T. Penney's extension of John Gruber's Markdown, created to keep Markdown's readable plain-text writing style while adding document-oriented features and additional output formats. Penney's own description says MultiMarkdown began as a Perl script modified from Markdown.pl; later versions became a standalone converter and syntax family. MultiMarkdown Software describes Penney as the author and summarizes the format as a Markdown superset for converting minimally formatted text into HTML, LaTeX, and other formats.

Project history

Technically, MultiMarkdown's role is not just "Markdown to HTML." It adds features such as tables, footnotes, citations, metadata, and smart typography, and it targets workflows that end in HTML, LaTeX/PDF, OPML, and OpenDocument/Flat OpenDocument files that can be carried into word processors. The Homebrew package exposes both the main `multimarkdown` command and convenience front ends such as `mmd2pdf`, `mmd2tex`, `mmd2epub`, `mmd2odt`, and `mmd2opml`, making it a document-conversion package rather than only a web publishing filter.

How it is used

Its ecosystem niche overlaps with Pandoc, Markdown processors, and editor-integrated previewers, but MultiMarkdown is distinctive for being both a syntax specification and a compact conversion tool with a long Mac/document-authoring lineage. Package managers such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Linux distributions carry it for users who want repeatable command-line document builds without adopting a larger universal converter.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mmd2allcliglobal executable
mmd2epubcliglobal executable
mmd2fodtcliglobal executable
mmd2odtcliglobal executable
mmd2opmlcliglobal executable
mmd2pdfcliglobal executable
mmd2texcliglobal executable
multimarkdowncliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version6.7.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected6.7.0

https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:multimarkdown
Version6.7.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/multimarkdown
Homepagehttps://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6
Upstream docshttps://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/archive/refs/tags/6.7.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciescmake
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemultimarkdown
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • discount
  • markdown
  • mtools
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

multimarkdown

nix profile install nixpkgs#multimarkdown
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Multimarkdown
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/multimarkdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

multimarkdown 6.7.0-22.fc44

Lightweight markup processor to produce HTML, LaTeX, and more

https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/

sudo dnf install multimarkdown
  • License: LicenseRef-Callaway-MIT AND ((LicenseRef-Callaway-MIT AND GPL-2.0-only) AND Zlib AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD AND LicenseRef-Callaway-MIT AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: multimarkdown
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Multimarkdown
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: multimarkdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

multimarkdown

sudo port install multimarkdown
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Multimarkdown
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/multimarkdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • heveaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, html, latex, productivity.
  • latex2htmlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, html, latex, productivity.
  • latex2rtfShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, latex, productivity.
  • marp-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, html, markdown, productivity.
  • pandemicsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, markdown, productivity.
  • rtf2latex2eShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, latex, productivity.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment