# JavaScript PDF Libraries

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## Results

- [parallax/jspdf](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/parallax-jspdf.md) (31,229 ⭐) — jsPDF is a document creation engine designed to generate professional PDF files through a unified programming interface. It functions as a cross-platform graphics library that enables the programmatic assembly of data into structured layouts, supporting both client-side generation within web browsers and server-side rendering in backend environments.

The library utilizes a canvas-based drawing API that translates high-level geometric and text instructions into standardized PDF vector primitives. By employing a cross-platform runtime abstraction, it decouples document generation logic from env
- [mrrio/jspdf](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mrrio-jspdf.md) (31,230 ⭐) — jsPDF is a JavaScript PDF generation library and client-side engine that produces documents directly on the user's device. It provides a scriptable interface for creating PDF files within web browsers and other JavaScript runtime environments without requiring a backend server.

The library includes a tool for defining document dimensions, orientation, and measurement units to control page layout. It also functions as a Unicode font integrator, allowing for the embedding of custom font files to support diverse languages and special characters.

Capability areas cover dynamic document automatio
- [bpampuch/pdfmake](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/bpampuch-pdfmake.md) (12,297 ⭐) — pdfmake is a JavaScript PDF generation library and declarative document engine that transforms structured JavaScript objects into formatted PDF files. It functions as a layout engine capable of producing documents on both the client side within a web browser and on the server side using Node.js.

The library utilizes a declarative approach to translate object-based document definitions into final PDFs. It distinguishes itself through a virtual layout engine that calculates element positions and page breaks and an inheritance-based style system that uses dictionaries to maintain visual consiste
- [ekoopmans/html2pdf.js](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/ekoopmans-html2pdf-js.md) (4,880 ⭐) — html2pdf.js is a client-side JavaScript library used to convert HTML elements and webpages into downloadable PDF documents. It operates entirely within the browser, removing the need for a backend server to generate files.

The library employs a conversion pipeline that renders HTML to a canvas before generating the final PDF layout. This process includes the ability to preserve active hyperlinks by overlaying clickable regions on anchor tags and managing page breaks through specific style rules or selectors.

Users can configure document appearance through settings for page margins, filenames