BlastPDF vs PdfSharpCore

BlastPDF

A C# library for PDF parsing and editing (by jmeaster30)

PdfSharpCore

Port of the PdfSharp library to .NET Core - largely removed GDI+ (only missing GetFontData - which can be replaced with freetype2) (by ststeiger)

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BlastPDF		PdfSharpCore
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1	Mentions	5
3	Stars	1,003
-	Growth	-
5.5	Activity	4.8
11 days ago	Latest Commit	7 days ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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BlastPDF

Posts with mentions or reviews of BlastPDF. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-06.

(Free) Open-source PDF Generation/Export
15 projects | /r/dotnet | 6 Jun 2023

PdfSharpCore

Posts with mentions or reviews of PdfSharpCore. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-06.

(Free) Open-source PDF Generation/Export
15 projects | /r/dotnet | 6 Jun 2023

PdfSharpCore https://github.com/ststeiger/PdfSharpCore, a .NET Core port of PdfSharp, might come to the rescue as it has largely removed GDI+.
Advice on Printing?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 17 Aug 2022

a) create PDF with https://github.com/ststeiger/PdfSharpCore and then display by using https://www.nuget.org/packages/PdfiumViewer.Updated/ - tested and works in .net 6 desktop app
Looking for a free software that allows me to compress pdf files in c# windows forms
1 project | /r/csharp | 5 Sep 2021

PdfSharpCore has a compression feature and it's MIT licenced. https://github.com/ststeiger/PdfSharpCore
https://np.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/meejg4/best_free_net_core_50_html_to_pdf_to_use/gskec0u/
1 project | /r/backtickbot | 28 Mar 2021

In one of my pet projects I use PdfSharpCore https://github.com/ststeiger/PdfSharpCore + HtmlRendererCore.PdfSharpCore https://www.nuget.org/packages/HtmlRendererCore.PdfSharpCore. The way it works is something like this:
【.NET 5】【WPF】Edit and print PDF files 1
1 project | dev.to | 26 Dec 2020

GitHub - ststeiger/PdfSharpCore: Port of the PdfSharp library to .NET Core - largely removed GDI+ (only missing GetFontData - which can be replaced with freetype2)

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