PDFium Alternatives

PDFium is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PDFium for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best PDFium alternative is htmldocs, which is free. Other great apps like PDFium are Poppler, Document Cyborg, HTML2PDF and eDocAPI.

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PDFium alternatives page was last updated Jan 9, 2025
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  1. htmldocs icon

    htmldocs

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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.

    44 htmldocs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    htmldocs screenshot 1

    htmldocs Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  REST API
    3.  Convert HTML pages to PDF
    4.  Document templates

    htmldocs VS PDFium

     

    • htmldocs is the most popular SaaS alternative to PDFium.

    • htmldocs is the most popular free alternative to PDFium.

    • htmldocs is Free and ProprietaryPDFium is Free and Open Source
  2. Poppler icon

    Poppler

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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.

    7 Poppler alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Poppler VS PDFium

     

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

    • Poppler is the most popular Open Source alternative to PDFium.

    • Poppler is Free and Open SourcePDFium is also Free and Open Source
  4. Document Cyborg icon

    Document Cyborg

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    Easily save a web page as a document (PDF, WORD, EPUB, ODT, RTF or Text).

    26 Document Cyborg alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    Document Cyborg screenshot 1

    Document Cyborg Features

    1.  Save web page for offline use
    2.  Convert HTML pages to PDF

    Document Cyborg VS PDFium

     

    • Document Cyborg is the most popular Web-based alternative to PDFium.

    • Document Cyborg is the most popular commercial alternative to PDFium.

    • Document Cyborg is Paid and ProprietaryPDFium is Free and Open Source
  5. HTML2PDF icon

    HTML2PDF

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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.

    44 HTML2PDF alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP

    HTML2PDF Features

    1.  Convert HTML pages to PDF

    HTML2PDF VS PDFium

     
  6. eDocAPI icon

    eDocAPI

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    eDocAPI is a PDF Generator API as saas platform lets you easily generate PDF documents from templates, html code and URLs through a simple REST API and web interface.

    18 eDocAPI alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main dashbord

    eDocAPI Features

    1.  Convert URL to PDF
    2.  PDF generation
    3.  Convert HTML to Images
    4.  Convert HTML pages to PDF
    5.  REST API
    6.  Document templates

    eDocAPI VS PDFium

     
  7. Pdfcrowd icon

    Pdfcrowd

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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.

    43 Pdfcrowd alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    Pdfcrowd screenshot 1

    Pdfcrowd Features

    1.  Convert HTML pages to PDF

    Pdfcrowd VS PDFium

     
  9. HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET icon

    HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET

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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...

    18 HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET Features

    1.  Create PDF files

    HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET VS PDFium

     

    • HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET is the most popular Windows alternative to PDFium.

    • HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET is Paid and ProprietaryPDFium is Free and Open Source
  10. Aspose.PDF for Java icon

    Aspose.PDF for Java

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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...

    20 Aspose.PDF for Java alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main Page

    Aspose.PDF for Java Features

    1.  PDF encryption
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Convert images to PDF

    Aspose.PDF for Java VS PDFium

     

    • Aspose.PDF for Java is the most popular Linux alternative to PDFium.

    • Aspose.PDF for Java is Paid and ProprietaryPDFium is Free and Open Source
  11. PDFSwitch icon

    PDFSwitch

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    Convert any HTML document or URL to PDF with a single API request.

    45 PDFSwitch alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    PDFSwitch screenshot 1

    PDFSwitch Features

    1.  REST API
    2.  Convert HTML pages to PDF
    3.  File Sending
    4.  Create PDF files
    5.  Convert URL to PDF
    6.  Export to PDF

    PDFSwitch VS PDFium

     

    • PDFSwitch is the most popular Mac alternative to PDFium.

    • PDFSwitch is Free Personal and ProprietaryPDFium is Free and Open Source
  12. Apache PDFBox icon

    Apache PDFBox

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    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.

    23 Apache PDFBox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Apache PDFBox Features

    1.  Sign PDF files

    Apache PDFBox VS PDFium

     
  13. OpenPDF icon

    OpenPDF

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    OpenPDF is a free Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is based on a fork of iText.

    16 OpenPDF alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    OpenPDF screenshot 1

    OpenPDF Features

    1.  Create PDF files

    OpenPDF VS PDFium

     
  14. HTML PDF API icon

    HTML PDF API

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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!

    43 HTML PDF API alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online

    HTML PDF API Features

    1.  Convert HTML pages to PDF

    HTML PDF API VS PDFium

     
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