gofpdf vs fasttemplate

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gofpdf		fasttemplate
	Project
8	Mentions	3
3,688	Stars	801
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 4 years ago	Latest Commit	8 months ago
Go	Language	Go
-	License	MIT License

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gofpdf

Posts with mentions or reviews of gofpdf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-11.

Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Mar 2024

I'm with you..
We ended up writing a similar wrapper around https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf library. We haven't open sourced it yet. But it's made it a lot easier to deal with rendering a PDF, especially over pagebreaks ect.
Ask HN: Slimvoice Alternative?
13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Dec 2022
Do you know any library to make pdf in golang?
7 projects | /r/golang | 24 Dec 2022
Create PDF Form and fill PDF Form
4 projects | /r/golang | 25 Oct 2022

I use: github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf
How To Create a PDF in Go: A Step-By-Step Tutorial
7 projects | /r/golang | 13 Oct 2022
[Advice] Generating PDFs in Golang.
5 projects | /r/golang | 23 Nov 2021

I used gofpdf before but it's not updated anymore.
Is there a good library for pdf generation golang?
8 projects | /r/golang | 26 Jul 2021

gofpdf is an archived project but still works very well for me https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf
tdewolff/canvas: vector graphics in Go (mayor update)
8 projects | /r/golang | 22 Apr 2021

draw2d's PDF renderer uses https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf which is not supported anymore, it includes a semi-functioning font system

fasttemplate

Posts with mentions or reviews of fasttemplate. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-31.

fasttemplate VS Salix - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 31 Oct 2023
Is it possible to write f-string/Template literals in GoLang?
1 project | /r/golang | 1 Jan 2022

In cases where I needed this, I used fasttemplate.
Writing a code generator in Go
3 projects | /r/golang | 26 Apr 2021

I am definitely no expert in Handlebars, but everything you asked is absolutely available in the default templates. There are also other template engine implementations, for example Plush or Fast Template.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gofpdf and fasttemplate you can also consider the following projects:

gopdf - A simple library for generating PDF written in Go lang

quicktemplate - Fast, powerful, yet easy to use template engine for Go. Optimized for speed, zero memory allocations in hot paths. Up to 20x faster than html/template

maroto - A maroto way to create PDFs. Maroto is inspired in Bootstrap and uses gofpdf. Fast and simple.

pongo2 - Django-syntax like template-engine for Go

Jet Template Engine for GO - Jet template engine

raymond - Handlebars for golang

amber - Amber is an elegant templating engine for Go Programming Language, inspired from HAML and Jade

sprig - Useful template functions for Go templates.

pdfcpu - A PDF processor written in Go.

Jade - Jade.go - pug template engine for Go (golang)