pretext

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A Python package for authoring, building, and deploying PreTeXt projects. PreTeXt is an XML-based markup language for writing academic articles, textbooks, and other documents. Current version 2.38.3, requires Python >=3.10, <4.0. Roughly monthly releases.

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pip install pretext

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SIG · PRETEXT

pretext

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PretextProject

✓ from pretext import PretextProject

✗ from pretext import PretextProject

Create a new PreTeXt project and build to HTML.

from pretext import PretextProject # Create a new project in the current directory project = PretextProject() project.setup("my-book", author="Your Name", source_dir="source") print(f"Project created at {project.path}") # Build to HTML from pretext import build def build_html(project_dir): build(project_dir, format="html") print("Build complete") build_html("./my-book")

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Known issues

breakingPython 3.10+ required. Installation on Python 3.9 or older will fail.

fix

Upgrade to Python >=3.10.

affects: <=2.38.3

gotchaImporting submodules (e.g., `pretext.build`) directly is discouraged; use `pretext.build(project_dir, format=...)` via the top-level API. Direct imports may break without notice.

fix

Always import from the top-level `pretext` package. E.g., import `pretext` and call `pretext.build(...)`.

affects: >=2.0.0

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Version history

2.38.3latest on PyPI · released Apr 21, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext-cli ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/pretext/ ↗

homepagehttps://pretextbook.org ↗