Gotenberg

Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 5.3

Gotenberg is ranked #17 of 45 in PDF creation software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted.

Compared on PDF creation software

API access: Yes
Input sources: URL, HTML, Markdown, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument, plain text
Deployment: self_hosted

Purpose: Gotenberg is a Docker-based HTTP API for converting documents to PDF.
Chromium conversion: Chromium converts URLs, HTML, and Markdown to PDFs, with JavaScript execution and browser-like rendering.
Office conversion: LibreOffice converts Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more than 100 other formats to PDF.
PDF tools: PDF engines support merging, splitting, encryption, watermarks, metadata, attachments, and Factur-X or ZUGFeRD e-invoices.
Cloud storage: Gotenberg can fetch inputs from S3, MinIO, or GCS and upload results using presigned URLs.
Async processing: Webhook headers enable asynchronous processing and delivery of results to a callback URL.
Integrations: Gotenberg is a standard HTTP API; the official client is for PHP, and community clients are listed for many major languages.
Security configuration: Operators can configure outbound URL allow and deny lists, private or public IP checks, and DNS-rebind pinning protections.
Security guidance: The installation guide advises keeping Gotenberg behind a firewall instead of exposing it to the public internet.
Telemetry: Gotenberg supports OpenTelemetry tracing, metrics, and structured log shipping through standard environment variables.
Notable limits: The documented AWS Lambda buffered invoke mode supports responses up to 6 MB.
License: The homepage identifies Gotenberg's license as MIT.
Headquarters: France

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