prawnpdf/prawn

Fast, Nimble PDF Writer for Ruby observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/prawnpdf/prawn · homepage · Ruby · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

58/100

Activity 78
Release rhythm 8
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: n/a
age_days: 6725
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 137
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4820 stars · 696 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Prawn is a pure Ruby library for programmatically generating PDF documents, offering vector drawing, text rendering, image embedding, and encryption. It is a flexible low-level PDF writer rather than an HTML-to-PDF converter or reporting tool.

Use cases

generate pdf invoices from ruby
create pdf reports programmatically
draw vector graphics in a pdf
embed true type fonts in pdf documents
add password protection to generated pdfs
render utf-8 and right-to-left text in pdfs
add headers footers and page numbers to pdf documents

When to choose

you need fine-grained programmatic control over PDF layout and drawing in Ruby
you need internationalized text with UTF-8, RTL, and fallback font support
you want a pure Ruby solution that runs on any Ruby implementation including JRuby
you need PDF encryption or password protection

When to avoid

you need to convert HTML or CSS to PDF
you want a turnkey reporting or publishing toolchain
you are not working in Ruby

Facets

library · maturity stable

pdf templating internationalization cryptography pdf files web-development developer-tools ruby jvm cross-platform pdf-generation pure-ruby vector-drawing font-embedding document-layout

5 sources

readme: https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn · fetched 2026-08-28 · 26e3fc31385b
homepage: https://prawnpdf.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0eca43a42545
site_page: https://prawnpdf.org/docs/prawn/2.5.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · a1e260634ce8
site_page: https://prawnpdf.org/docs/ttfunk/1.8.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · d7bdcc38cf8f
site_page: https://prawnpdf.org/docs/pdf-core/0.10.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · b56f26d65a7b

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
prawnpdf/prawn	main	58

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