PDFKit vs skale

PDFKit

A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser (by foliojs)

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skale

High performance distributed data processing engine (by skale-me)

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PDFKit		skale
	Project
29	Mentions	-
9,506	Stars	391
1.3%	Growth	-
7.1	Activity	0.0
25 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

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PDFKit

Posts with mentions or reviews of PDFKit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-25.

Best HTML to PDF libraries for Node.js
3 projects | dev.to | 25 Oct 2023

PDFkit is one of the oldest and most well-established PDF libraries in the JavaScript ecosystem; it is still well-maintained, and regularly updated. This library is a popular option for creating and manipulating PDF documents in a server-side environment, typically using Node.js. It allows you to programmatically generate PDF files by defining each page's content, layout, and formatting.
The 5 Node.js PDF Libraries Every Developer Must Know
2 projects | dev.to | 11 Oct 2023

pdfkit is a JavaScript PDF lib that allows web developers to create PDF documents programmatically. It provides a simple and intuitive API for generating basic PDFs.
Feature Request: Download Images into Compiled PDF Option
2 projects | /r/ProtonDrive | 14 Aug 2023

Resource could be of use: pdfkit, github link.
🏆 Contest - Kintone Customization Contest 2023
3 projects | dev.to | 2 Jul 2023

Build a PDF generator using Kintone's REST API and a PDF library like PDFKit or PDFMake
Best solution for generating pdf documents from templates
3 projects | /r/node | 27 Mar 2023

https://pdfkit.org/ is pretty powerful, surprised to see no one has mentioned this so far.
Best approach to generate PDF from dynamic data?
7 projects | /r/node | 13 Feb 2023

If this is a concern for you, I suggest you look at projects like pdfkit, they allow you to compose the content of the pdf directly, without using another format (html) has an intermediate layer.
react-pdf
1 project | /r/reactjs | 5 Feb 2023

I use pdfkit at work
What to learn to build this - an interactive tool
3 projects | /r/webdev | 10 Jan 2023

Then write a script to export the drag drop. Maybe use a browser function to save the page as a PDF. Or a NPM library using something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/pdfkit
Building a small ad/website.
1 project | /r/learnjavascript | 8 Dec 2022

Maybe pdfkit
serving pdf from express backend to client
2 projects | /r/node | 3 Dec 2022

skale

Posts with mentions or reviews of skale. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PDFKit and skale you can also consider the following projects:

jsPDF - Client-side JavaScript PDF generation for everyone.

nsfwjs - NSFW detection on the client-side via TensorFlow.js

pdfmake - Client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript

stackgl - A node.js-style module system for GLSL! :sparkles:

pdf-lib - Create and modify PDF documents in any JavaScript environment

dat - :floppy_disk: peer-to-peer sharing & live syncronization of files via command line [ DEPRECATED - More info on active projects and modules at https://dat-ecosystem.org/ ]

PDF.js - PDF Reader in JavaScript

turf - A modular geospatial engine written in JavaScript and TypeScript

gotenberg - A developer-friendly API for converting numerous document formats into PDF files, and more!

peerwiki - all of wikipedia on bittorrent

node-android - Run Node.js on Android by rewrite Node.js in Java

ipfs - IPFS implementation in JavaScript