gettalong/hexapdf

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

HexaPDF is a pure Ruby library with an accompanying CLI application for creating, manipulating, merging, encrypting, signing, and optimizing PDF files. It offers both a low-level canvas API mapping to PDF operators and a high-level document composition engine with automatic layout, forms, annotations, and PDF 2.0 support.

Use cases

• generate pdf documents from scratch in ruby
• merge multiple pdf files into one
• extract text and images from pdfs
• encrypt or decrypt pdf files with aes-256
• digitally sign pdf documents
• fill and flatten pdf forms
• repair malformed pdf files
• optimize pdf file size

When to choose

• you work in Ruby and need full-featured PDF creation or manipulation without native dependencies
• you need encryption, digital signatures, or AcroForm support in a Ruby stack
• you want a CLI for common PDF tasks plus a library for advanced ones
• you need to repair or process large volumes of malformed PDFs

When to avoid

• you need a non-AGPL open-source license without purchasing a commercial license
• your stack is not Ruby and you don't want a Ruby dependency
• you need PDF rendering to raster images or a PDF viewer, which is out of scope

Facets

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pdf cryptography cli image-processing security pdf files developer-tools web-development ruby cross-platform cli pdf-generation pdf-manipulation digital-signatures acroform pure-ruby dual-license

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