Developer guides

The best open-source HTML to PDF libraries in 2026 across JavaScript, Python, PHP, and Java, with maintenance status and licenses checked. See the comparison.

PDFSharp can't convert HTML to PDF natively. See the HtmlRenderer workaround, where it breaks on modern CSS, and the two routes that work in .NET today.

Convert HTML to PDF from the command line with one headless Chrome flag, WeasyPrint, or a single curl call. Copy-paste commands for Linux, macOS, and CI.

Convert HTML to PDF in React Native with expo-print, react-native-html-to-pdf, or server-side rendering. Working snippets and the iOS/Android catch. See how.

The best HTML to PDF APIs in 2026: 8 compared on engine, fidelity, and verified cost at 10k PDFs a month, from ~$25 to $399. See the honest developer roundup.

Two of npm's top HTML to PDF packages are dead. Convert HTML to PDF in Node.js with Puppeteer in 10 lines and see which 2026 packages to trust. Get the code.

No built-in n8n HTML to PDF node? Four working setups compared, plus an importable workflow that turns HTML into PDFs with one HTTP Request. Get the JSON.

Convert HTML to PDF in Power Automate: the free OneDrive trick, premium connectors, and the HTTP action with browser-grade output. See when each breaks.

Batch convert HTML to PDF three ways: a free headless-Chrome loop, a scripted concurrency pool, or async API jobs with webhooks at scale. Copy the commands.

Convert HTML to PDF in .NET Core with PuppeteerSharp, render Razor views, and see the Dockerfile that works. Plus the wrapper trap to avoid. Get the code.

Convert HTML to PDF in React with react-to-pdf, @react-pdf/renderer, jsPDF, or a server engine. Runnable code, the oklch fix, and when to render server-side.

Generate PDFs with Playwright in Node.js: page.pdf() options, header and footer templates, AWS Lambda costs, and when to switch to a hosted engine.

Convert HTML to PDF with WeasyPrint in 2026: install, the v69 API, page numbers and running headers, Django and Flask, plus the JavaScript workaround.

iTextSharp is deprecated as of 2026. Here is what works for HTML to PDF in C# now: iText 7 with pdfHTML, PuppeteerSharp, or a hosted API. Code examples included.

Convert HTML to PDF in Python with pdfkit: install the wkhtmltopdf binary, fix the common errors, ship a Django or Flask endpoint, and know when to migrate.