HTML-to-PDF document generation
ReLaXed compiles HTML/Pug templates styled with CSS/JavaScript into PDF documents, with interactive live preview.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
choose when you need HTML/Markdown-to-PDF in Rust with no browser dependency
Pure Rust PDF converter, no browser, no external dependencies. Supports HTML with inline CSS, Markdown, and document conversion with a built-in layout engine.
choose when you need a Python HTML/CSS-to-PDF library without a headless browser
The awesome document factory
choose on .NET for programmatic PDF layout with a fluent C# API
QuestPDF is a modern library for PDF document generation. Its fluent C# API lets you design complex layouts with clean, readable code. Create documents using a flexible, component-based approach.
choose when you want programmatic PDF generation in JavaScript instead of HTML/CSS templates
A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
choose when you only need Markdown-to-PDF from the CLI and don't need Pug/JS layout
Markdown to PDF command line app with support for stylesheets
choose when you only need to build tables in a PDF from Java code
Boxable is a library that can be used to easily create tables in pdf documents.
choose when you already have HTML slides and need a dedicated presentation exporter
PDF exporter for HTML presentations
legacy Markdown-to-PDF library; use it only if you accept an unmaintained dependency
:page_facing_up: Markdown to PDF converter
archived predecessor to pdfme, only useful for legacy label PDF generation
labelmake has moved and now available at pdfme / https://github.com/pdfme/pdfme
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
choose when you want a self-hosted HTTP API for HTML/Markdown-to-PDF conversion
A developer-friendly API for converting many document formats into PDF files, and more!
These projects were analysed and named ReLaXed among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how ReLaXed rates them is a separate judgement, made when ReLaXed is analysed in its own right.
calls ReLaXed “Choose if you want a command-line tool to generate PDFs from HTML/CSS instead of scripting a library.”
QuestPDF is a modern library for PDF document generation. Its fluent C# API lets you design complex layouts with clean, readable code. Create documents using a flexible, component-based approach.
calls ReLaXed “A CLI/compiler for producing PDFs from HTML/SCSS; not an embeddable JavaScript library.”
A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser
calls ReLaXed “Local authoring CLI that compiles Pug/SCSS/HTML to PDF via Chrome; pick when you want a desktop document workflow rather than an HTTP service.”
Web page PDF/PNG rendering done right. Self-hosted service for rendering receipts, invoices, or any content.