# RelaxedJS/ReLaXed

Create PDF documents using web technologies

Repository: https://github.com/RelaxedJS/ReLaXed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/relaxed
Language: JavaScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: pdf-document, pug, converter, chromium, html, scss
Last push: 2025-09-07T14:41:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 40, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3087, "days_push": 360, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11798, forks 421 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.952761+00:00)

## What it is
ReLaXed is a Node.js command-line tool that generates PDF documents from HTML or Pug templates, styled with CSS/SCSS and rendered via headless Chromium. It enables complex layouts for books, letters, resumes, slides, and reports using web technologies.

## Use cases
- generate pdf documents from html
- create a resume as a pdf with css layouts
- convert pug templates to pdf
- make presentation slides as pdf
- typeset a book or report with web technologies
- automate pdf report generation

## When to choose
- you know HTML/CSS and want fine control over PDF layout
- you want a Markdown/LaTeX-like authoring workflow with CSS styling
- you need complex layouts like books, slides, or business cards

## When to avoid
- you need a WYSIWYG word processor
- you only need simple one-off PDF conversion without styling
- you cannot install Chromium/Node.js dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: pdf, templating, cli
- domain: pdf, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: pug, html-to-pdf, chromium, scss, css-layouts, document-generation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- RelaxedJS/ReLaXed (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.952761+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 2026-08-29T17:15:18.955713+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RelaxedJS/ReLaXed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.952761+00:00, sha 4b6f48c5978e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.