Htmldocs: Typeset and Generate PDFs with HTML/CSS

1. typst

   1 150 45,127 9.8 Rust

   A new markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.

   

   How does this compare to Typst?[1]

   What I like about Typst is that I can use it completely offline and with my editor of choice. Is this planned for htmldocs too?

   [1] https://typst.app/

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. WeasyPrint

   2 53 8,043 9.6 Python

   The awesome document factory

   

   Flexbox support has been [included][1] since 2018, although my use case was the prototypical one - a single row w/ 3 columns - so YMMV with how it handles more complex layouts.

   [1]: https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/579

4. bakso-doc

   3 1 3 8.0 JavaScript

   PDF Generation Micro-Service

   

   Cool service! I like that it’s just HTML/CSS but the front end editor looks quite cool.

   I also just open sourced part of my app that does PDF generation, but it’s completely bare bones.

   I basically wanted a wrapper around the pdf generating part of chromium so that i could generate pdfs on pages within my own app.

   Its here if anyone wants to check it out: https://github.com/awongh/bakso-doc

5. wkhtmltopdf-windows

   4 21 46 10.0

   wkhtmltopdf - Convert html to pdf using webkit (qtwebkit). Windows binaries

   

   wkhtmltopdf[1] uses the QT WebKit renderer. I used it as part of my job hut work-flow with pandoc to get pdf resumes from markdown. It got me a job, so there's that.

   [1] https://wkhtmltopdf.org/

6. flyingsaucer

   5 7 2,136 9.5 Java

   XML/XHTML and CSS 2.1 renderer in pure Java

   

   I've used flying saucer pdf[1] for this in the past, but the missing piece always seems to be a descent WYSIWYG template editor. Either open source or paid.

   Any suggestions on a web solution that allows non-devs to make great templates would be appreciated.

   Historically I've built something simple with Tiny and added a preview button to render, but that super clunky.

   [1] https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer

7. react-pdf

   6 55 15,975 8.6 TypeScript

   📄 Create PDF files using React

   

   Been using https://github.com/diegomura/react-pdf for this purpose for years

   Uses React Native like components and styling.

   WYSIWYG: https://react-pdf.org/repl

8. gotenberg

   7 57 9,907 9.4 Go

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

   

9. Sevalla

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10. weasyprint-rest

    8 1 11 10.0 Python

    Discontinued The best WeasyPrint container that exists on the web. :fire: :fire:

    

    Nice Idea, looking forward to using its API in my application.

    I've used https://github.com/xpublisher/weasyprint-rest for a many years but now planning to switch from it as it's archived by the maintainer.

    All the best for the future of htmldocs.

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