Converting HTML to PDF using Rails

1. Pdfkit

   1 4 2,938 2.5 Ruby

   A Ruby gem to transform HTML + CSS into PDFs using the command-line utility wkhtmltopdf (by pdfkit)

   

   A couple of popular gems to convert HTML to PDF in Rails are PDFKit and WickedPDF. They both use a command line utility called wkhtmltopdf under the hood; which uses WebKit to render a PDF from HTML.

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3. Wicked Pdf

   2 7 3,575 2.7 Ruby

   PDF generator (from HTML) plugin for Ruby on Rails

   

   A couple of popular gems to convert HTML to PDF in Rails are PDFKit and WickedPDF. They both use a command line utility called wkhtmltopdf under the hood; which uses WebKit to render a PDF from HTML.

4. Grover

   3 4 1,083 6.8 Ruby

   A Ruby gem to transform HTML into PDFs, PNGs or JPEGs using Google Puppeteer/Chromium

   

   The gem I recommend is called Grover. It uses Puppeteer and Chromium to "print" an HTML page into a PDF. So your PDF will look exactly how your page looks in Google Chrome's print preview. This will also allow you to reuse CSS from your app rather than having to write specific CSS just for your PDF exports.

5. WKHTMLToPDF

   4 58 12,952 4.3 C++

   Discontinued Convert HTML to PDF using Webkit (QtWebKit)

   

   A couple of popular gems to convert HTML to PDF in Rails are PDFKit and WickedPDF. They both use a command line utility called wkhtmltopdf under the hood; which uses WebKit to render a PDF from HTML.

6. puppeteer

   5 412 94,449 9.8 TypeScript

   JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

   

   The gem I recommend is called Grover. It uses Puppeteer and Chromium to "print" an HTML page into a PDF. So your PDF will look exactly how your page looks in Google Chrome's print preview. This will also allow you to reuse CSS from your app rather than having to write specific CSS just for your PDF exports.

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