OpenPDF

github.com · checked 9 Oct 2026

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—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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OpenPDF is an open-source Java library for creating, editing, rendering, and encrypting PDFs, including generating PDFs from HTML.

Pricing

OpenPDFOpen-source Java library · dual-licensed MPL-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1+Free

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Facts

Website: github.com
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Compression: It can read and write Brotli-compressed PDF streams, while default compression remains FlateDecode for compatibility with older PDF readers.
Distribution: The README shows use as a Maven dependency and identifies the latest listed dependency version as 3.0.5.
Document features: The library supports text and font handling, text extraction, images, graphics, tables, encryption, and page layout settings.
HTML to PDF: The openpdf-html module generates PDFs from HTML/CSS content, including styled reports, invoices, and documents from web templates.
Java and Kotlin: OpenPDF is a Java library and provides a Kotlin module for creating PDF files using Kotlin.
Java requirements: The README lists Java 21 or later for version 2.1.x and later, Java 17 or later for 2.0.x, Java 11 or later for 1.4.x, and Java 8 or later for 1.3.x.
Licensing: The core library is dual-licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0 or GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1; the HTML and renderer modules are LGPL 2.1 only.
Optional dependencies: BouncyCastle is recommended for PDF signing, and Apache FOP is listed as an optional dependency for complex glyph substitution.
PDF editing: It can modify existing PDFs by adding or removing pages and modifying text.
PDF standard: The project lists PDF 2.0 support (ISO 32000-2).
Rendering: The openpdf-renderer module renders PDF pages as images or displays them in Java webapp, Swing, or JavaFX applications.
Security limits: OpenPDF does not validate or sandbox input; developers are responsible for ensuring inputs are trusted, sanitized, and safe.

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