PDF-LIB Alternatives

PDF-LIB is described as 'JavaScript library to let you create and modify PDF documents in any JavaScript environment. Create documents from scratch, or modify existing PDF documents. Draw text, images, and vector graphics. Even embed your own fonts' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PDF-LIB for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best PDF-LIB alternative is EmbedPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PDF-LIB are htmldocs, Poppler, Document Cyborg and HTML2PDF.

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  1. EmbedPDF icon
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    EmbedPDF is a framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed PDF viewer that drops into any JavaScript project. Whether you build with React, Vue, Svelte, Preact, or vanilla JS, EmbedPDF delivers a smooth, modern reading experience and a clean developer API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Vue.js
     
  2. 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)
     
  3. 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.

    8 Poppler alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  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
     3 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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
     
  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
     
  8. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. PDFSwitch icon
     5 likes

    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)
     
  10. Reliable and secure HTML to PDF convertor. Code examples for C#, Ruby, ASP.NET and PHP and more. Easy to use and amazingly fast, free of cost for small volumes and inexpensive for high volume.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
     
  11. HTML PDF API icon
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    HTML PDF API is a cloud service that allows you to convert HTML to PDF using standard technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript). Free to try!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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