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Write scientific preprints in Markdown. Generate professional academic preprint PDFs through automated workflows.&para;

Convert enhanced Markdown into professional PDFs with automated figure generation, citation management, and LaTeX typesetting. Get Started View on GitHub

Quick Start&para;<br>pipx install rxiv-maker<br>rxiv check-installation<br>rxiv init my-paper<br>cd my-paper<br>rxiv pdf

Complete Installation Guide →<br>Why Rxiv-Maker?&para;<br>Write in Markdown - Focus on content, not LaTeX formatting<br>Automated Figures - Python/R scripts become publication figures<br>Smart Citations - BibTeX integration with cross-references and DOI resolution<br>Dual Output - Generate both PDF and DOCX from the same source<br>Git-Friendly - Version control your manuscripts and figures<br>Reproducible - All figures generated from code<br>arXiv/bioRxiv Ready - Generate submission packages automatically<br>Key Features&para;<br>Enhanced Markdown&para;<br>Scientific cross-references, auto-numbered elements, LaTeX math, and code highlighting:<br>See Figure @fig:analysis for results. The correlation<br>coefficient (r = 0.85, *p*<br><br>{#fig:analysis}

Citation Management&para;<br>BibTeX integration with simple [@citation] syntax and automatic bibliography generation:<br>Previous studies [@smith2023; @jones2024] have shown...

Automated Figure Generation&para;<br>Python and R scripts are executed during PDF generation to produce publication-ready figures:<br># FIGURES/analysis_plot.py<br>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt<br>import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("data/experiment.csv")<br>plt.scatter(df['x'], df['y'])<br>plt.savefig('analysis_plot.png', dpi=300)

VS Code Extension&para;<br>Syntax highlighting, citation autocompletion, cross-reference validation, and one-click PDF generation.<br>Install VS Code Extension →<br>Executable Python Code&para;<br>Embed computations directly in your manuscript that update when data changes:<br>{{py:exec<br>import pandas as pd<br>df = pd.read_csv("FIGURES/DATA/results.csv")<br>sample_size = len(df)<br>}}

Our analysis of {{py:get sample_size}} samples shows...

Direct LaTeX Injection&para;<br>For precise typographic control when Markdown isn't enough:<br>{{tex: $\langle\psi|\phi\rangle$}}<br>{{tex: \SI{273.15}{\kelvin}}}

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Citation&para;<br>If Rxiv-Maker helps your research, please cite:<br>@misc{saraiva_2025_rxivmaker,<br>title={Rxiv-Maker: an automated template engine for streamlined scientific publications},<br>author={Bruno M. Saraiva and Ant\'{o}nio D. Brito and Guillaume Jaquemet and Ricardo Henriques},<br>year={2025},<br>eprint={2508.00836},<br>archivePrefix={arXiv},<br>url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00836}

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