pandoc-tex2svg

pandoc-tex2svg is a pandoc filter that renders math as SVG. It can be used with HTML5 based output formats, including EPUB and HTML-based slide shows like reveal.js.

Here's an example of its output: math-samples.html. This renders like this in a modern browser:

The filter uses tex2svg from MathJax-node. To install using npm,

npm install -g mathjax-node

tex2svg is assumed to be in the path. Note that the default install does not put it in the path; you will have to do this manually.

To compile and install the filter:

stack install

or

cabal install

Make sure the filter is in your path (stack puts executables in $HOME/.local/bin).

To use the filter with pandoc (currently pandoc 1.18 is required):

pandoc math-samples.md --filter pandoc-tex2svg -s -t html5 -o math-samples.html

The filter is rather slow, and it adds significantly to file size, but the resulting HTML renders quickly and does not depend on an internet connection or JavaScript.

Thanks to Kolen Cheung for the suggestion.