library vs PDFsharp

library

QuestPDF is an open-source, modern and battle-tested library that can help you with generating PDF documents by offering friendly, discoverable and predictable C# fluent API. (by questpdf)

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PDFsharp and MigraDoc Foundation for .NET 6 and .NET Framework (by empira)

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library		PDFsharp
	Project
10	Mentions	2
1	Stars	323
-	Growth	17.3%
3.1	Activity	4.5
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	23 days ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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library

Posts with mentions or reviews of library. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-10.

QuestPDF 2022.01 - a new version of the open-source, C# library for generating complex PDF documents with fluent API, now with complex table-layout support 🎉 Please help me make it popular 🚀
4 projects | /r/csharp | 10 Jan 2022

Give the official QuestPDF repository a star ⭐ so more people will know about it. Most developers evaluate project maturity based on the star count so let's help them make the right decision!
QuestPDF 2021.11 - a new version of the open-source, MIT-licensed, C# library for generating PDF documents with fluent API, now with several community-driven improvements 🎉 Please help me make it popular 🚀
6 projects | /r/csharp | 9 Nov 2021

There are already a couple of free or paid libraries in the .NET ecosystem that can be used to generate PDF files. The way how QuestPDF differs is simple: instead of relying on an HTML-to-PDF conversion, it implements its own layouting engine that renders the full content using the SkiaSharp library (a Skia port for .NET, used in Chrome, Android, MAUI, etc.).
QuestPDF 2021.10 - a new version of the open-source, MIT-licensed, C# library for generating PDF documents with fluent API, now with extended text capabilities. Please help me make it popular :)
8 projects | /r/csharp | 6 Oct 2021

Hi, can you please elaborate more about your question? Or create a discussion on the repository page? https://github.com/QuestPDF/library/discussions I am not sure exactly what requirement you would like to achieve :)
Best way to deal with PDF file generation
3 projects | /r/csharp | 30 Sep 2021
Generate a PDF with dynamic header and footer
3 projects | /r/dotnetcore | 31 Aug 2021

QuestPDF is my go-to.
QuestPDF - my open-source C# library for creating PDF documents with Fluent API needs your help
4 projects | /r/csharp | 3 Aug 2021

Hi :) That is a good point about most of the APIs available. I truly believe that it does not apply to the QuestPDF library. The Fluent API here is used only to describe the document's content, to create new element instances and assign them to parents. In other words, there is no business logic involved in this code area. Please analyze the QuestPDF.Fluent namespace. You will find that most of the API invocations are super simple and straightforward.
Best way to generate a pdf file using dotnet 5?
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 5 Apr 2021
Server side pdf and charts... sad state
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 28 Feb 2021

check out https://github.com/questpdf/library

PDFsharp

Posts with mentions or reviews of PDFsharp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-31.

Generate a PDF with dynamic header and footer
3 projects | /r/dotnetcore | 31 Aug 2021

PdfSharp
Add, Remove, Extract and Replace Images in PDF using C#
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 23 Aug 2021

https://uglytoad.github.io/PdfPig/ https://github.com/empira/PDFsharp

What are some alternatives?

When comparing library and PDFsharp you can also consider the following projects:

ITextSharp - [DEPRECATED] .NET port of the iText library, only security fixes will be added — please use iText for .NET

itext-dotnet - iText for .NET is the .NET version of the iText library, formerly known as iTextSharp, which it replaces. iText represents the next level of SDKs for developers that want to take advantage of the benefits PDF can bring. Equipped with a better document engine, high and low-level programming capabilities and the ability to create, edit and enha

iTextSharp (LGPL / MPL) 4.1.6 for .NET Core - Unofficial .NET Core port of iTextSharp 4.1.6. Last version to be released under the Mozilla Public License and the LGPL.

PdfPig - Read and extract text and other content from PDFs in C# (port of PDFBox)

docnet - DocNET is as fast PDF editing and reading library for modern .NET applications

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.

Docotic.Pdf - Docotic.Pdf library can create, edit, draw and print PDF files in .NET Core, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, Xamarin, Blazor, Unity, and HoloLense applications. The library is a 100% managed assembly without unsafe blocks. The assembly has no external dependencies.

PuppeteerSharp - Headless Chrome .NET API

Pdfium.Net SDK

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