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Pandoc

Universal document converter for manuscripts and ebooks

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Last commit19 Oct 2026
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Pandoc converts markdown and many other formats to DOCX, PDF, EPUB, HTML and more. Writers script manuscript builds instead of relying on a single vendor's exporter.

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