PDF generation in .NET has always been a bit of a pain – absolute positioning, manual pagination, fiddly styling calculations. QuestPDF takes a different approach with a layout-based system and a fluent API that feels natural to C# developers. This guide walks through how QuestPDF handles PDF creation, from basic setup to building a full invoice with QR codes.
For .NET developers, programmatically generating and modifying PDFs comes up in a lot of business applications. PDFsharp is a well-established .NET library that makes creating complex, multi-page documents easy and accessible. This guide covers everything you need to know about generating PDFs using PDFsharp in C# and .NET applications.
This guide shows you how to use Microsoft Playwright for .NET and C# to generate high-quality PDFs from HTML. You'll build a complete solution that combines Scriban templates with Playwright's browser automation to produce accurate, print-ready documents. The step-by-step tutorial covers everything from project setup to invoice generation, with all the code you need to add PDF generation to your .NET applications.
Generating PDFs from HTML in C# applications is a common requirement for invoices, reports, and business documents. This guide walks you through iText 7 HTML to PDF conversion in .NET – the modern, redesigned successor to iTextSharp – combined with Razor templating for dynamic document generation. You'll set up the project from scratch, build a working invoice generator with precise layout control, and get ready-to-use code examples using iText 7's pdfhtml module.
Looking for a reliable way to convert HTML to PDF in C# and .NET? This guide shows you how to use PuppeteerSharp, the .NET port of the Node.js Puppeteer library, to generate PDFs from dynamic HTML content. Whether you're building invoices, reports, or print-ready web pages, PuppeteerSharp gives you full control over headless Chromium rendering, enabling pixel-perfect PDF output using modern HTML and CSS. This guide covers setting up a C#/.NET project, using a template engine for dynamic content, and exporting an invoice PDF as the final result.
If your Node.js app needs to generate or modify PDFs, pdf-lib is worth a look. It is one of several Node.js PDF libraries, each with different trade-offs. PDF‑lib is a pure JavaScript library for creating and modifying PDF documents. Unlike many alternatives, PDF-lib doesn't rely on native dependencies, making it lightweight and easy to integrate into any Node.js project. This guide covers PDF generation with PDF-lib in Node.js – from basic documents to invoices and forms.
PDFKit is a JavaScript library that generates PDF documents programmatically in Node.js. It works without converting HTML – you build documents from scratch using a canvas-like API for vector graphics, text, images, and tables. This guide covers PDFKit setup, text styling, custom fonts, colors, images, tables, invoice generation, Express.js integration, and document security.
Many server-side applications need to generate PDFs – invoices, reports, statements, certificates. PDFMake is one of the most popular Node.js PDF generation libraries: it works without native dependencies, uses a declarative JSON syntax for document definitions, and runs in both browser and server environments.
This guide covers PDFMake setup in Node.js, document structure, tables, images, watermarks, Express.js integration, and a full invoice example.
DomPDF is one of the most popular PHP libraries for converting HTML to PDF. This tutorial walks through PHP HTML to PDF conversion step by step: from a basic DomPDF setup to a full invoice generator using Twig templates. You will also find troubleshooting tips and a comparison with API-based PHP PDF generation alternatives.
If you need to generate PDFs from HTML in a production app, you have two options: run a local rendering tool yourself (Puppeteer, Playwright, wkhtmltopdf) or call an HTML to PDF API that does the rendering for you. This tutorial covers the API approach with a complete Node.js example that generates invoice PDFs using EJS templates and the PDFBolt API. You will also find a comparison with headless browser solutions to help you pick the right tool for your project.