# Need Node-Red documentation in PDF format

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 February 2019 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480 "2019-02-28T15:44:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![PicoPi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/picopi/32/4832_2.png) [@PicoPi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PicoPi)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2019 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480/1 "2019-02-28T15:44:47Z")

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Hi all,  
Heading for a week of R&R and have no access to internet or cellular networks.  
Was wondering if the entire documentation on Node-Red was available in PDF format?  
Failing that, any suggestion on what program to use to download the Doc site for off-line access?  
Appreciated bigly.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2019 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480/2 "2019-02-28T16:05:43Z")

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> [@PicoPi](#):
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> entire documentation on Node-Red was available in PDF format?

No.

> [@PicoPi](#):
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> Failing that, any suggestion on what program to use to download the Doc site for off-line access?

You might look at wget - it is a command line tool but it can grab an entire website and convert all the links to local ones.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2019 17:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480/3 "2019-02-28T17:07:05Z")

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You can clone the website repository to your local machine using `git`:

```
    git clone https://github.com/node-red/node-red.github.io.git

```

That will create a directory called `node-red.github.io` that contains all the source of the website.

That'll get you the docs in their raw markdown format - fairly readable plain text.

If you wanted to go above and beyond, you can install [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) and then...

```
cd node-red.github.io.git
jekyll serve

```

That will build the documentation and start a webserver at [http://127.0.0.1:4000](http://127.0.0.1:4000) - open that in a browser and you'll have the node-red website locally.

Word of warning - to install jekyll you'll need to have a working install of ruby and depending on your OS etc, that may just be one rabbit hole too many.

On that same principle though, you can also grab the [cookbook](https://cookbook.nodered.org):

```
 git clone https://github.com/node-red/cookbook.nodered.org.git
```

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2019 18:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-node-red-documentation-in-pdf-format/8480/4 "2019-02-28T18:37:30Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
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> That'll get you the docs in their raw markdown format - fairly readable plain text.

If you need a more readable format, rather than going down the Ruby/Jekyll rabbit hole, you can grab a copy of Typora instead which gives you a fairly well formatted WYSIWYG format. I sometimes use Typora to create new entries on my blog (which uses Hugo rather than Jekyll but otherwise uses a similar approach).