2 posts tagged with "wickedpdf gem"

Ruby on Rails developers regularly need to generate PDFs – invoices, reports, certificates, shipping labels – and the choice of library affects both performance and long-term maintenance. The Rails ecosystem in 2025 offers many approaches, from programmatic libraries to browser-powered rendering engines. This guide compares the most popular Ruby PDF gems, backed by real download metrics and practical code examples, so you can pick the right Ruby HTML to PDF solution for your project.

WickedPDF is the most popular HTML to PDF gem for Ruby on Rails, providing tight integration with Rails' built-in ERB templating system. Below you'll learn how to set up WickedPDF, build an invoice PDF with ERB templates, and configure the rendering options.