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jPDFWriter is a Java library for creating PDF documents programmatically, aimed at developers building desktop or server-side applications. It provides APIs for drawing text and graphics, placing images, creating forms, and adding document features without requiring external PDF software.
💡 Pick it for the broadest enterprise PDF feature set, especially signing, PDF/A, and document manipulation.
iText is a commercial PDF library for Java and .NET.
Commercial
💡 Pick it when you need a free, permissively licensed Java PDF library with a large community.
Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents.
💡 Pick it for a commercially supported Java API covering PDF creation, conversion, and complex document processing.
Aspose.PDF is a popular PDF manipulation library for Java and .NET, offering a wide range of features for working with PDF documents.
Starting from $999 per developer
LibrePDF
💡 Pick it for a free Java PDF writer with familiar iText-style APIs and fewer licensing constraints.
OpenPDF is an open-source Java library for creating and manipulating PDF files, including text, images, tables, bookmarks, and forms. It is suited...
Free, open source under LGPL/MPL
Jaspersoft
💡 Pick it when PDFs are data-driven reports with tables, charts, subreports, or reusable templates.
JasperReports Library is an open-source Java reporting engine that generates PDFs and other output formats from report templates and data sources. It...
OpenHTMLtoPDF contributors
💡 Pick it when your team already builds documents with HTML and CSS instead of Java drawing APIs.
OpenHTMLtoPDF is an open-source Java library that converts XHTML and CSS into PDF documents. It is aimed at developers who prefer designing...
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