pele
Pele is a lightweight open source library that renders Mermaid diagrams to SVG, themed with CSS variables.
pele launched on 5 October 2026. It ranked #92 on Daily Launch on 30 October 2026 with a Launch Score of 25, from +80 stars today on GitHub. It moved down 13 places from the day before.
What is pele?
Pele renders Mermaid diagrams to SVG. It is small, synchronous, has no runtime dependencies, and uses CSS variables for colors and fonts. Pele supports every diagram type built into Mermaid 12.1.0. Documentation, examples, and a playground are at pele.run. See the API for options and error handling.
From its README on GitHub
pele is a repo by obsidianmd on GitHub. It is written in TypeScript.
How to get pele
npm install peleFrom its README on GitHub
More steps and the source are in its repository on GitHub.
Image from pele.run
In its own words
Renders Mermaid diagrams faster than you'd run from a volcano! 🌋
From its GitHub repository