MdBook Github Action with Plugin Support

Introduction

This is an GitHub Action to set up the rust-lang/mdBook with some supported plugins.

This action runs only on linux and is well tested on GitHubs latest ubuntu runner and compatible with Node v18 and v20. Windows and MacOS are not supported.

Supported Plugins

• Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck
• badboy/mdbook-mermaid
• badboy/mdbook-toc
• badboy/mdbook-open-on-gh
• tommilligan/mdbook-admonish
• lzanini/mdbook-katex

Fast Setup

The following example installs mdbook with all currently supported plugins with the latest version. Keep in mind that this build could break if mdbook or one of the plugins release new versions with breaking changes. Therefore it is highly recommended to specify a version. See "Advanced Setup" for more information.

name: Setup mdBook with plugins (latest)
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: jontze/action-mdbook@v3
        with:
          token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          # Optional Plugins have to be enabled
          use-linkcheck: true
          use-mermaid: true
          use-toc: true
          use-opengh: true
          use-admonish: true
          use-katex: true
      - name: Show mdbook version
        run: mdbook --version
      - name: Show linkchecker version
        run: mdbook-linkcheck --version
      - name: Show mermaid version
        run: mdbook-mermaid --version
      - name: Show toc version
        run: mdbook-toc --version
      - name: Show open-on-gh version
        run: mdbook-open-on-gh --version
      - name: Show admonish version
        run: mdbook-admonish --version
      - name: Show katex version
        run: mdbook-katex --version

Advanced Setup

name: Setup mdBook wth plugins (version)
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: jontze/action-mdbook@v3
        with:
          token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          # Optional Plugins have to be enabled with a version
          mdbook-version: "~0.3.0" # Use a semver compatible string
          use-linkcheck: true
          linkcheck-version: "~0.7.0"
          use-mermaid: true
          mermaid-version: "~0.8.0"
          use-toc: true
          toc-version: "~0.7.0"
          use-opengh: true
          opengh-version: "~2.0.0"
          use-admonish: true
          admonish-version: "~1.8.0"
          use-katex: true
          katex-version: "~0.2.17"
      - name: Show mdbook version
        run: mdbook --version
      - name: Show linkchecker version
        run: mdbook-linkcheck --version
      - name: Show mermaid version
        run: mdbook-mermaid --version
      - name: Show toc version
        run: mdbook-toc --version
      - name: Show open-on-gh version
        run: mdbook-open-on-gh --version
      - name: Show admonish version
        run: mdbook-admonish --version
      - name: Show katex version
        run: mdbook-katex --version

Contributions

Contributions are welcomed. Please take a look at the Pull Request Template.