flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer
XML/XHTML and CSS 2.1 renderer in pure Java observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13.0
- age_days: 5980
- days_rel: 16
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 33
Adoption not part of the score
2235 stars · 571 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Flying Saucer is a pure-Java library that renders well-formed XML/XHTML using CSS 2.1 layout and formatting. It outputs rendered documents to Swing panels, PDF files, and images, with additional SWT and Chrome-based PDF modules.
Use cases
- render xhtml to pdf in java
- convert html documents to pdf files
- display html content inside a swing application
- generate pdf reports from html templates
- render xml with css styling to images
- embed a lightweight html renderer in a java desktop app
When to choose
- you need HTML/XHTML to PDF conversion in pure Java without native dependencies
- you want to render styled XML/XHTML inside Swing or SWT UIs
- your documents use CSS 2.1 layout features and Java 17+ is acceptable
When to avoid
- you need full modern HTML5/CSS3 rendering (unless using the chrome-pdf module)
- you need a JavaScript-capable browser engine
- your project must run on Java versions older than 17
Facets
library · maturity active
pdf templating graphics pdf web-development jvm xhtml-renderer css-2.1 html-to-pdf swing openpdf java desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2afe26d2cd75
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer | main | 98 |
For agents
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