HTML-to-PDF / URL-to-PDF rendering service
Self-hosted microservice that converts a URL or raw HTML into PDF or PNG using headless Chrome/Puppeteer, aimed at receipts and invoices.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Self-hosted Go/Chromium API that converts URLs/HTML to PDF and also Office formats; pick when you want a maintained Docker-first alternative with broader format support.
A developer-friendly API for converting many document formats into PDF files, and more!
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Node library that drives Chrome directly; pick when you want PDF conversion embedded in your process instead of a separate HTTP service.
HTML to PDF or image (jpeg, png, webp) converter via Chrome/Chromium
Broader headless-browser service that includes PDF generation; pick when you also need general automation/screenshots, not just HTML-to-PDF.
The headless Chrome/Chromium driver on top of Puppeteer. Take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract text and HTML with a production-ready API.
Rust/Wasm renderer that turns JSX/HTML/CSS into PDF with no headless browser; pick for lightweight/edge/serverless deployments.
Render OG images and paged PDFs from JSX, HTML, and CSS. No headless browser. Runs on Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, browsers, and Rust.
Client-side library that renders the current DOM to PDF; pick when generation must happen in the browser with no server.
Client-side HTML-to-PDF rendering using pure JS.
Python library that renders HTML/CSS to PDF with its own layout engine; pick when you want no Chrome/Puppeteer dependency in a Python stack.
The awesome document factory
PHP HTML-to-PDF library with its own CSS rendering; pick when you are in a PHP app and cannot run headless Chrome.
HTML to PDF converter for PHP
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Node queue API around headless Chrome with S3/webhooks, but no commits for 2.5 years; choose only if you need queue-style workflows and can accept stale maintenance.
🤖 A Node queue API for generating PDFs using headless Chrome. Comes with a CLI, S3 storage and webhooks for notifying subscribers about generated PDFs
CLI that only converts Markdown files to PDF; choose it when your input is exclusively Markdown and no HTTP API is needed.
Hackable CLI tool for converting Markdown files to PDF using Node.js and headless Chrome.
Go/Docker HTML-to-PDF/image API powered by Chrome, but unmaintained for 2.2 years; choose if you need a Go-native binary and can tolerate no updates.
html转pdf , html转图片 , Docker-powered html convert to pdf(html2pdf), html to image(html2image like jpeg,png),which using chrome(golang) kernel.
PhantomJS-era predecessor to Chrome rendering, archived and deprecated; choose only for legacy PhantomJS-based integrations.
This repo isn't maintained anymore as phantomjs got dreprecated a long time ago. Please migrate to headless chrome/puppeteer.
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
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.
Create PDF documents using web technologies
These projects were analysed and named url-to-pdf-api among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how url-to-pdf-api rates them is a separate judgement, made when url-to-pdf-api is analysed in its own right.
calls url-to-pdf-api “A self-hosted web service for rendering URLs to PDF/PNG, not a library to embed.”
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 url-to-pdf-api “Self-hosted web service for converting URLs to PDF, not a library you can embed.”
The awesome document factory
calls url-to-pdf-api “Choose as a self-hosted PDF/PNG rendering service, but it's a standalone API not a swap-in library.”
The headless Chrome/Chromium driver on top of Puppeteer. Take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract text and HTML with a production-ready API.