stevemohapibanks / mermaid.cli

Command-line interface for mermaid

mermaid.cli

Command-line interface for mermaid.

This CLI tool takes a mermaid definition file as input and generates svg/png file as output.

Installation

yarn global add mermaid.cli

Or

npm install -g mermaid.cli

Please install via npm instead of yarn if you encounter this issue.

Examples

mmdc -i input.mmd -o output.svg

mmdc -i input.mmd -o output.png

mmdc -i input.mmd -o output.svg -w 1024 -H 768

mmdc -i input.mmd -t forest

Options

Please run the following command to see the latest options:

mmdc -h

The following is for your quick reference (may not be the latest version):

Usage: mmdc [options]


  Options:

    -V, --version          output the version number
    -t, --theme [name]     Theme of the chart, could be default, forest, dark or neutral. Optional. Default: default
    -w, --width [width]    Width of the page. Optional. Default: 800
    -H, --height [height]  Height of the page. Optional. Default: 600
    -i, --input <input>    Input mermaid file. Required.
    -o, --output [output]  Output image file. It should be either svg or png. Optional. Default: input + ".svg"
    -h, --help             output usage information