pdfjet
Rotativa
| pdfjet | Rotativa | |
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| 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | 620 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.4 | 0.0 | |
| 12 months ago | 11 months ago | |
| Swift | HTML | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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pdfjet
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QuestPDF: Modern .NET library for PDF document generation
The .NET version of PDFjet supports tagged PDFs:
https://github.com/edragoev1/pdfjet
so do the Java, Swift and Go versions.
While the docs are somewhat sparse, Example_45 shows how to create PDF/UA compliant PDF.
Rotativa
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QuestPDF: Modern .NET library for PDF document generation
I've been using Rotativa[1] for URL to PDF generation which is also a wrapper for wkhtmltopdf. They have a dotnet-core[2] version and also a SaaS[3] but I think it's worth mentioning that Azure PaaS supports wkhtmltopdf natively[4] so I just self-host.
Looking at QuestPDF's API docs, it doesn't look like they support URL / HTML to PDF generation. I think this would be a great addition especially given the age and issues with Rotativa and TuesPechkin on their GitHubs.
[1] https://github.com/webgio/Rotativa
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Programmatically Rendering PDFs from HTML using Chrome and Puppeteer
I've used numerous technologies for doing that conversion, including WebSuperGoo's ABCpdf.net, and Rotativa's free library. (We even have an article on how to use it.) The latter is still in use on some of my projects, but it—and its newer .Net Core version—is based on wkhtmltopdf.exe, which is a problem. More about that later.
What are some alternatives?
kudu - Kudu is the engine behind git/hg deployments, WebJobs, and various other features in Azure Web Sites. It can also run outside of Azure.
WKHTMLToPDF - Convert HTML to PDF using Webkit (QtWebKit)
gofpdi - Go Free PDF Document Importer
puppeteer - Node.js API for Chrome
WeasyPrint - The awesome document factory
QuestPDF - QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API. Easily generate PDF reports, invoices, exports, etc.
harfbuzz - HarfBuzz text shaping engine
TuesPechkin - A .NET wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf library with an object-oriented API.
Rotativa.AspNetCore - Rotativa for Asp.Net Core
csswg-drafts - CSS Working Group Editor Drafts