PDFSharp Alternatives

PDFSharp is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PDFSharp for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and npm apps. The best PDFSharp alternative is iText, which is free. Other great apps like PDFSharp are iTextPDF, VeryPDF PDF Editor, PDF Clown and PdfPig.

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  1. iText icon

    iText

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    iText is an intuitive and refined text editor with word processing completely rewritten in Cocoa (so works with Afloat), and is suitable for both Power PC and Intel Macs. iText provides the simplest way to make gorgeous manuscripts on your Mac!

    92 iText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • iText is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to PDFSharp.

    • iText is the most popular free alternative to PDFSharp.

    • iText is Freemium and ProprietaryPDFSharp is Free and Open Source
  2. iTextPDF icon

    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.

    13 iTextPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • iTextPDF is the most popular Linux alternative to PDFSharp.

    • iTextPDF is Free and ProprietaryPDFSharp is Free and Open Source
  4. VeryPDF PDF Editor icon

    VeryPDF PDF Editor

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    VeryPDF PDF Editor is an easy-to-use application designed for users familiar with Microsoft Office and similar applications. VeryPDF PDF Editor provides tools to enable you freely write your own comments to the PDF document and share the comments with others.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • VeryPDF PDF Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to PDFSharp.

    • VeryPDF PDF Editor is Paid and ProprietaryPDFSharp is Free and Open Source
  5. PDF Clown icon

    PDF Clown

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    PDF Clown is an open-source general-purpose library for manipulating PDF documents through multiple abstraction layers, rigorously adhering to PDF 1.7 Specification.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • PDF Clown is the most popular Open Source alternative to PDFSharp.

    • PDF Clown is Free and Open SourcePDFSharp is also Free and Open Source
  6. PdfPig icon

    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.

    9 PdfPig alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. 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
     
  9. 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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Document .Net icon

    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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. 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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    • Docotic.Pdf is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PDFSharp.

    • Docotic.Pdf is Paid and ProprietaryPDFSharp is Free and Open Source
  12. Wicked PDF icon

    Wicked PDF

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  13. PDFjet icon

    PDFjet

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    An opensource library for creating pdf documents for .net.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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