# parallax/jsPDF

Client-side JavaScript PDF generation for everyone.

Repository: https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jspdf
Homepage: https://parall.ax/products/jspdf
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-09T08:59:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6114, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": 169, "gap_med": 29, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31289, forks 4796 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.669662+00:00)

## What it is
jsPDF is a JavaScript library for generating PDF documents entirely client-side in the browser, with Node.js support as well. It lets developers create PDFs programmatically with text, images, and vector graphics without a server.

## Use cases
- generate pdf invoices in the browser
- create pdf reports from javascript
- export html page data to pdf client-side
- generate downloadable pdf without a server
- create pdf documents in node.js
- add pdf export to a web app

## When to choose
- you need to generate PDFs entirely in the browser without server round-trips
- you want a mature, widely used MIT-licensed JavaScript PDF library
- you need both browser and Node.js PDF generation from one API

## When to avoid
- you need to parse or extract text from existing PDFs rather than create them
- you need pixel-perfect conversion of complex HTML/CSS layouts to PDF
- you are generating PDFs in a non-JavaScript stack

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: pdf, developer-tools
- domain: pdf, web-development, frontend, files
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: pdf-generation, client-side, javascript, document-creation, html5, nodejs

## Member repositories
- parallax/jsPDF (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.669662+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:18.440126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.669662+00:00, sha 81f56e35de32)
  - homepage: https://parall.ax/products/jspdf (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:47.148700+00:00, sha 82dac0c7db36)
  - site_page: https://parall.ax/about (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:47.152642+00:00, sha 70e72364da8e)
  - site_page: https://parall.ax/about/culture (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:47.154913+00:00, sha 271ad4d80756)
  - site_page: https://parall.ax/about/leadership (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:47.157141+00:00, sha 3aec9006cbef)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jspdf (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:47.159019+00:00, sha b64ff0c80281)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.