Picking a Node.js PDF generation library isn't straightforward. There are browser-based tools that convert HTML to PDF, programmatic builders that create documents from scratch, and cloud APIs that handle everything remotely. This guide compares the five most downloaded libraries with actual npm numbers and working code examples.

Generating PDFs directly in the browser gives users immediate, downloadable documents without a server round-trip. This client-side approach reduces server load and works offline. In this guide, we'll show you how to use jsPDF for HTML to PDF conversion in the browser, along with html2canvas for capturing styled content. You'll find working code examples for generating PDFs from text, form data, and rendered HTML elements.

Five Python libraries handle most HTML to PDF conversions today: Playwright, WeasyPrint, pdfkit, Pyppeteer, and xhtml2pdf. Below we compare them by download numbers, features, and code examples so you can pick the one that fits your project.

This tutorial walks through generating a certificate PDF using Pyppeteer and Mako templates in Python. We'll set up the project, design an HTML certificate template, populate it with data, and convert it to PDF using Pyppeteer's headless browser.

PDFBolt now has a Team tab. You can invite colleagues to your account so they get access to API keys and logs without sharing your login or exposing billing details.

Generating invoice PDFs is a common requirement for web applications – whether for e-commerce, SaaS billing, or financial reporting. Puppeteer, a powerful headless browser automation tool for Node.js, makes it easy to convert HTML into high-quality PDFs. In this guide, we’ll walk you through setting up Puppeteer, designing an invoice with HTML and CSS, and generating a professional PDF.

PDF generation is a core requirement for many web applications – invoices, reports, contracts, certificates. Over the years, various HTML to PDF tools have taken different approaches to the problem. In this post, we look at the evolution of PDF generation solutions – from wkhtmltopdf and PrinceXML (via DocRaptor) to Puppeteer and Playwright – and then walk through a tutorial on using Playwright (Node.js) to generate a sample invoice PDF.

Businesses and developers regularly need to turn HTML into PDF – for invoicing, legal documents, offline file storage, and dozens of other workflows. HTML works well on screen, but PDFs hold their formatting everywhere. An HTML to PDF API removes the guesswork from that conversion.