mileszs/wicked_pdf
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PDF generator (from HTML) plugin for Ruby on Rails observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
34/100
- Activity 25
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6335
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 453
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3571 stars · 638 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Wicked PDF is a Ruby on Rails plugin that generates PDF files from HTML views by wrapping the wkhtmltopdf shell utility. Developers write normal HTML/CSS views and serve them as PDFs without learning a PDF generation DSL.
Use cases
- generate pdf invoices from rails views
- convert html to pdf in ruby on rails
- serve pdf reports to users from a web app
- render pdf from erb templates
- generate printable documents from html and css
- download pdf version of a web page in rails
When to choose
- you're on Rails and want PDFs from existing HTML views
- you want to style PDFs with HTML and CSS instead of a PDF DSL
- you need a mature, MIT-licensed Rails PDF solution
When to avoid
- you need pixel-perfect modern CSS (wkhtmltopdf uses an old WebKit)
- you're not using Ruby/Rails
- you need high-throughput PDF generation (it shells out to an external binary)
Facets
plugin · maturity stable
pdf templating web-framework pdf web-development backend files ruby rails wkhtmltopdf html-to-pdf pdf-generation ruby-gem linux macos web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mileszs/wicked_pdf · fetched 2026-09-21 · 969e094a87d4
- homepage: http://www.mileszs.com/wicked-pdf-plugin · fetched 2026-08-29 · 041ec52a2ddf
- site_page: https://mileszs.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 50f47633ebe1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mileszs/wicked_pdf | main | 34 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mileszs/wicked_pdf")
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