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FrankenMarkdown

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FrankenMarkdown
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FrankenMarkdown is a new, zero-dependency Rust-based engine that renders Markdown into HTML and PDF formats with byte-for-byte parity. The tool operates entirely in the browser via WebAssembly, allowing for serverless document sharing through URL fragments.

Stitched together from a clean-room parser, LaTeX-grade typesetting, and a hand-rolled PDF writer — one auditable Rust core with zero dependencies that renders Markdown to beautiful self-contained HTML and compact tagged PDF. Natively, and in this very page via WASM. Byte-for-byte identical.

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