tldr/pages/common/mmdc.md

mmdc

CLI for mermaid, a diagram generation tool with a domain-specific language. A mermaid definition file is taken as input and a SVG, PNG, or PDF file is generated as output. More information: https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/.

• Convert a file to the specified format (automatically determined from the file extension):

mmdc --input {{input.mmd}} --output {{output.svg}}

• Specify the theme of the chart:

mmdc --input {{input.mmd}} --output {{output.svg}} --theme {{forest|dark|neutral|default}}

• Specify the background color of the chart (e.g. lime, "#D8064F", or transparent):

mmdc --input {{input.mmd}} --output {{output.svg}} --backgroundColor {{color}}