RenderPage

A minimal, high-fidelity, and extremely efficient VS Code extension to convert .ipynb Jupyter Notebooks to beautifully styled PDFs 100% locally and offline. No external APIs, no Python/Jupyter installations required, and no heavy packages.

_01 // FEATURES

• Offline Engine: 100% local compilation. Zero telemetry, absolute privacy, and instant PDF rendering.
• Rich Content Support: High-fidelity math ($LaTeX$) via KaTeX, code syntax highlighting via Prism.js, and styled Pandas tables & base64 plots.
• Interactive Export Settings: Premium export configuration panel to customize document metadata (Title, Author, Abstract), page margins, paper size, and running headers/footers.
• Smart Print Layouts: Automated CSS print media layouts to wrap long code lines and prevent graphs or code blocks from slicing across pages.

_02 // PREVIEWS

_03 // PIPELINE

_04 // CONFIGURATION

Customize the PDF output in your VS Code User/Workspace Settings or standard settings.json:

_05 // QUICK START

1. Requirements

Prints documents using your local browser. It auto-detects standard paths for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Chromium on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

2. Compilation and Run

To compile and test the extension locally:

# 1. Install dependencies
npm install

# 2. Compile bundle
npm run compile

• To Debug: Press F5 to open the Extension Development Host window.
• To Export: Open any .ipynb file, click the PDF button in the toolbar, or right-click the file in the Explorer tree and select Convert Jupyter Notebook to PDF.