---
title: Export
description: Let readers download any page as a PDF or EPUB — rendered client-side, so your static builds stay static and need no server infrastructure.
---

Blume can add an **Export** action to the [page actions](/docs/content/navigation#page-actions) beneath the table of contents, letting readers save the page they're on as a **PDF** or an **EPUB**. It's off by default and entirely client-side — no server, and [static](/docs/deployment) builds stay static.

## Enable it

Turn on both formats with a single toggle:

```ts blume.config.ts
export: true,
```

To offer just one format, pass an object instead:

```ts blume.config.ts
export: {
  pdf: true,
  epub: false,
},
```

Any format you omit (or set to `false`) is left out of the menu. With both off — the default — the **Export** action doesn't appear at all.

## PDF

**Export to PDF** opens your browser's print dialog with a print stylesheet that strips the site chrome — header, sidebars, navigation — down to just the article. Choose **Save as PDF** to finish.

Because it prints the live, fully-styled page, the result keeps crisp, selectable text, real fonts, and syntax-highlighted code. It needs no dependencies and works the same in dev, in production, and on static hosts.

:::note
PDF export goes through the browser's native print dialog, so the exact "Save as PDF" wording and options depend on the browser. Enable **Background graphics** in the dialog to keep code-block and callout backgrounds.
:::

## EPUB

**Export to EPUB** generates a self-contained `.epub` of the current page in the browser and downloads it — ready for Apple Books, Calibre, or any e-reader. The generator is loaded only when a reader clicks Export, so it never weighs down the rest of your site.

To keep the file readable on a device with no stylesheet or JavaScript of its own, Blume rewrites the page into clean, standalone HTML: syntax-highlighted code becomes plain monospace, decorative icons and copy buttons are dropped, and a built-in e-reader stylesheet handles spacing, code blocks, and tables.

## What gets exported

Both formats export the **single page** a reader is viewing — not the whole site — which matches where the action lives, beneath that page's table of contents.

:::note
In an EPUB there's no JavaScript to switch tabs, so tabbed content — like [package-install](/docs/content/syntax) blocks and code groups — is expanded to show every panel at once. Client-rendered embeds such as Mermaid diagrams aren't included.
:::