PDF Clown Alternatives

PDF Clown is described as 'Open-source general-purpose library for manipulating PDF documents through multiple abstraction layers, rigorously adhering to PDF 1.7 Specification' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to PDF Clown for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best PDF Clown alternative is PDFSharp, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PDF Clown are iTextPDF, ZingPDF, ABCpdf .NET and PdfPig.

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    PDFSharp

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    PDFsharp is the Open Source .NET library that easily creates and processes PDF documents on the fly from any .NET language. The same drawing routines can be used to create PDF documents, draw on the screen, or send output to any printer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    iTextPDF

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    The leading Java and C# PDF Library SDK. A programmable Java and .NET PDF SDK library to create, manipulate and edit PDF documents. Convert Html files to pdf, Debug pdf files, extract data from PDF and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    ZingPDF

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    ZingPDF is a .NET 8 library for reading, editing, creating, templating, and saving PDF files in C#. It's free for non-commercial use.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
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  5. ABCpdf .NET icon

    ABCpdf .NET

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    ASP/ASP.NET components for C# and VB.NET developers. Dynamically edit PDF documents and images server-side, OCR images, and upload files with WebSupergoo.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    PdfPig

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    PdfPig is a fully open-source Apache 2.0 licensed and .NET Standard compatible library that enables users to read and create PDFs in C#, F# and other .NET languages. It supports all versions of .NET back to .NET 4.5.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Document .Net

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    «Document .Net» gives you API to do everything with a document in PDF, DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML and Text formats.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. ReLaXed icon

    ReLaXed

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    ReLaXed creates PDF documents interactively using HTML or Pug (a shorthand for HTML). It allows complex layouts to be defined with CSS and JavaScript, while writing the content in a friendly, minimal syntax close to Markdown or LaTeX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • npm
     
  10. Wicked PDF icon

    Wicked PDF

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    PDF generator (from HTML) plugin for Ruby on Rails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    PDFjet

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    An opensource library for creating pdf documents for .net.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Docotic.Pdf icon

    Docotic.Pdf

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    Docotic.Pdf is a high-performance C# PDF library for .NET. You can use it to create, read, and edit PDF documents in .NET Core, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, Xamarin, Blazor, Unity, and HoloLense applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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