libHaru

github.com · checked 7 Oct 2026

#19 · PDF SDKs

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How it plugs in

—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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libHaru is a free, cross-platform, open-source library for generating PDF files.

Pricing

FreeFree PDF library; generates PDFsFree

As libharu.org lists them, checked 7 Oct 2026.

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Facts

Website: github.com
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Annotations: It supports outlines, text annotations, and link annotations.
Bindings: The README lists bindings for Ruby, Delphi/Free Pascal, and C#.
Build platforms: The README lists Windows environments using Cygwin, MinGW, MSYS, Microsoft VC++, or Borland C++, as well as GCC on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris.
Dependencies: ZLIB and PNGLIB are required to use compression and PNG embedding features.
Downloads: The site identifies v2.3.0 as the latest stable release and v2.3.0-RC3 as the latest development release.
Encryption: It can create encrypted PDF files.
Fonts and languages: It supports Type 1 and TrueType fonts, multiple character sets, and CJK fonts and encodings.
Images and compression: It supports document compression and embedding PNG and JPEG images.
Implementation: libHaru is written in ANSI C and its site says it theoretically supports most modern operating systems.
License: The project is distributed under the ZLIB/LIBPNG license, which permits use for commercial applications subject to its stated conditions.
PDF editing: It does not support reading or editing existing PDF files, and its site says that support is unlikely to be added.
PDF output: It generates PDF files containing lines, text, and images.

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