A modern take on the classic source code printing app from 1988.
Advanced source code, html, markdown, and text file printing for terminals (all platforms) and Windows/macOS GUIs.
- Beautifully Prints:
- Source code in hundreds of programming languages with syntax highlighting and line numbering.
- HTML files.
- Markdown files as formatted documents (headings, lists, blockquotes, code blocks, mermaid diagrams, and inline images).
- ANSI-encoded text and colorized console captures (
.ans/.ansi), decoding ANSI escape sequences to color.
- Saves trees printing "multiple-pages-up" on one piece of paper.
- Complete control over page formatting options, including headers and footers, margins, fonts, page orientation, etc.
- Headers and Footers support detailed file and print information macros with rich date/time formatting.
- Sheet Definitions make it easy to save settings for frequent print jobs.
- Accurate print preview in the GUI and TUI.
wpprovides a rich command line interface (CLI) on Windows, macOs, and Linux
The wp terminal UI renders true print previews as sixel/kitty graphics, without leaving the terminal: page through a document, zoom in, pan with the mouse, switch sheet definitions, and open another file.
One command, every platform. Markdown goes in; a formatted, paginated PDF comes out: headings, lists, tables, images, syntax-highlighted code, and ```mermaid fences rendered as real diagrams (fully in-process by default — no network — or via mermaid.ink with the opt-in service backend):
wp print mermaid.md --pdf mermaid.pdf --sheet "Proportional 1-Up"Prefer a real print queue? Point --printer at any print-to-PDF queue instead:
# Windows — the built-in "Microsoft Print to PDF"
wp print mermaid.md --printer "Microsoft Print to PDF" --sheet "Proportional 1-Up"# macOS — install a virtual PDF printer once (brew install --cask rwts-pdfwriter), add it in
# Printers & Scanners named "CUPS-PDF"; the PDF lands in /var/spool/pdfwriter/$USER/
wp print mermaid.md --printer "CUPS-PDF" --sheet "Proportional 1-Up"# Linux — sudo apt install printer-driver-cups-pdf (queue name "PDF" on Debian/Ubuntu;
# confirm with lpstat -p; Fedora is often "Cups-PDF"). PDF lands in ~/PDF/
wp print mermaid.md --printer "PDF" --sheet "Proportional 1-Up"
Shown: testfiles/mermaid.md, one fence per mermaid diagram type, printed from the shell and opened in a viewer. The GIF is recorded on Windows; the macOS and Linux commands produce the same PDF. On Linux prefer --pdf when you only need a file — stock cups-pdf may re-encode through Ghostscript; mermaid rasters still survive. Linux & WSL printing.
Install with winget — one command gives you both the GUI and the wp terminal UI:
winget install Kindel.WinPrintOr download the signed installer Kindel.WinPrint-win-x64-Setup.exe from the latest release and run it. (On new releases SmartScreen may say it "isn't commonly downloaded"; that's a reputation check, not a signing problem; the publisher reads Kindel, LLC. See the Installation Guide.)
brew tap kindel/winprint
brew install winprint # WinPrint GUI app — also bundles the `wp` terminal UIbrew install kindel/winprint/wp # `wp` terminal UI (the GUI is Windows/macOS only)CUPS setup, cups-pdf, network IPP printers, and WSL notes: Linux & WSL printing.
See the Installation Guide for detailed instructions, prerequisites, and upgrade/uninstall steps.
Launch the TUI:
wpLaunch the GUI on Windows or macOS:
wp guiYou can also find WinPrint in the Start Menu (Windows) or via Spotlight (macOS).
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, build instructions, and release process.