bpampuch/pdfmake

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pdfmake is a pure JavaScript library for generating PDF documents on both the client and server side, built on top of PDFKit. It uses a declarative document-definition object to handle layout features like tables, lists, columns, images, headers/footers, and font embedding.

Use cases

• generate pdf invoices from javascript
• create pdf reports in the browser
• print pdf documents server-side with node
• build tables and lists in generated pdfs
• embed custom fonts in pdf documents
• download or print a pdf from a web app

When to choose

• you need PDF generation in pure JavaScript without native dependencies
• you want the same PDF code to run in the browser and on Node.js
• you need rich layout features like tables, columns, page headers/footers, and table of contents

When to avoid

• you need to parse or manipulate existing PDF files rather than create them
• you require pixel-perfect control over low-level PDF primitives that PDFKit exposes directly
• you need features outside pdfmake's layout engine, such as form filling or digital signatures

Facets

library · maturity stable

pdf templating pdf web-development developer-tools browser cross-platform pdf-generation document-layout pdfkit client-side server-side reporting nodejs javascript

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