Java teams generating invoices
Use OpenPDF to create reports, invoices, statements, or certificates directly from server-side Java code.
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Open source alternative to iText 7, Adobe PDF Services API and Foxit PDF Services API
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Generate and edit PDFs in Java with an open source library for document creation, forms, encryption, and HTML-to-PDF workflows.
Use OpenPDF to create reports, invoices, statements, or certificates directly from server-side Java code.
You need a hosted document generation service with templates managed by non-developers.
Use OpenPDF when PDF creation and manipulation should stay in-process and under open source licensing.
Your workload depends on advanced proprietary SDK features that OpenPDF does not cover.
Use OpenPDF for document rendering or encryption workflows in Java applications.
You need a GUI tool for manually editing PDF files.
PDF generation becomes expensive when a product depends on proprietary SDK licensing or cloud PDF APIs for server-side document workflows. Java teams often need to create invoices, reports, certificates, and exports directly inside their application. A paid PDF API adds data transfer, vendor terms, and recurring cost to a workflow that can often run inside the app process.
OpenPDF supports creating new PDFs and modifying existing documents, including page changes, text, images, graphics, tables, and layout properties.
OpenPDF HTML, a fork of Flying Saucer, generates PDF files from HTML content.
OpenPDF includes rendering PDFs as images and encrypting documents for security use cases.
OpenPDF is published as `com.github.librepdf:openpdf`, so Java teams can add it through normal dependency management.
OpenPDF is an open source Java library for creating, editing, rendering, encrypting, and generating PDF documents.
OpenPDF uses MPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.1+ licensing.
Yes. OpenPDF includes an HTML module for creating PDF files from HTML.
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