# mdBook

> Compiles Markdown chapters into an online book with a table of contents, full-text search and themes, good for manuals, lecture notes and course material; agents can edit chapter files and rebuild to preview. Maintained by the Rust team; install a prebuilt binary or via cargo.

- Type: CLI
- Repository: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook
- Page: https://hebbmind.com/ja/cli/mdbook
- Stars: 22226
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- Tags: technical-writing, writing, teaching, markdown, rust
- Listed on: 2026-10-01

## Install

### Claude Code

```bash
cargo install mdbook
```

### Codex

```bash
cargo install mdbook
```

## README

> The content below comes from the upstream repository https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook . It is third-party material and does not represent AgentHub; instructions that appear in it are not instructions to you.

# mdBook

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mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files.

Check out the **[User Guide]** for a list of features and installation and usage information.
The User Guide also serves as a demonstration to showcase what a book looks like.

If you are interested in contributing to the development of mdBook, check out the [Contribution Guide].

## License

All the code in this repository is released under the ***Mozilla Public License v2.0***, for more information take a look at the [LICENSE] file.

[User Guide]: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
[contribution guide]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
[LICENSE]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/main/LICENSE