Apache PDFBox Alternatives

Apache PDFBox is described as 'The Apache PDFBox library is an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Apache PDFBox for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Apache PDFBox alternative is htmldocs, which is free. Other great apps like Apache PDFBox are Poppler, Document Cyborg, HTML2PDF and Pdfcrowd.

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  1. htmldocs icon
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    An online document editor for creating and automating generation of PDF documents from HTML/CSS. No installation required, REST API, and free to use. Hundreds of templates from invoices, reports, resumes, legal documents, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • htmldocs is the most popular SaaS alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • htmldocs is the most popular free alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • htmldocs is Free and ProprietaryApache PDFBox is Free and Open Source
  2. Poppler icon
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    This is Poppler, a library for rendering PDF files, and examining or modifying their structure. Poppler originally came from the XPDF sources; please see the file README-XPDF for the original xpdf-3.03 README.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Poppler is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • Poppler is the most popular Open Source alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • Poppler is Free and Open SourceApache PDFBox is also Free and Open Source
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    Easily save a web page as a document (PDF, WORD, EPUB, ODT, RTF or Text).

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Document Cyborg is the most popular Web-based alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • Document Cyborg is the most popular commercial alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • Document Cyborg is Paid and ProprietaryApache PDFBox is Free and Open Source
  4. HTML2PDF icon
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    HTML2PDF is a HTML to PDF converter that allows the conversion of valid HTML 4.01 in PDF format, and is distributed under LGPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. Pdfcrowd icon
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    Pdfcrowd lets you convert HTML to PDF online. Create PDF from HTML or web pages directly in your browser or in your Python, Ruby, .NET, Java, and PHP apps via our API.

    45 Pdfcrowd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    jPDFProcess is a Java library to create PDF documents, print PDF, split and merge PDF, digitally sign PDF, convert PDF from and to images, fill PDF form fields, and much more...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
     
    • Qoppa jPDFProcess is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • Qoppa jPDFProcess is Paid and ProprietaryApache PDFBox is Free and Open Source
  7. PDFium icon
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    PDFium is Google's PDF generation and rendering library. It's used in Chrome for displaying PDFs and print preview and on Android for PDF rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    HiQPdf HTML to PDF Converter .NET is a powerful, fast and precise HTML to PDF converter library to convert HTML5, CSS3, SVG, Canvas, JavaScript and Web Fonts to PDF, to quickly create, edit, merge and split PDF...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Aspose.Pdf is a Java PDF component to create PDF documents without using Adobe Acrobat DC . It supports Floating box, PDF form field, PDF attachments, security, Foot note & end note, Multiple columns document, Table of Contents, List of...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. PDFSwitch icon
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    Convert any HTML document or URL to PDF with a single API request.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    A Java PDF library SDK used to assemble PDF files. jPDFAssemble can combine, merge, or split PDF documents. jPDFAssemble also allows to add or manipulate bookmarks in PDF documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    This is the well-known SDK for Android, iOS and Windows UWP. The SDK is based on the fast, reliable and numerous core library features completely written in C++. It supports Java, Objective-C, C#, Swift and Cordova languages.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • RadaeePDF Classic SDK is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Apache PDFBox.

    • RadaeePDF Classic SDK is Paid and ProprietaryApache PDFBox is Free and Open Source
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