OpenPDF
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| OpenPDF | Open-source Java library · dual-licensed MPL-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1+ | Free |
As github.com lists them, read 9 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from OpenPDF's own pages
- Compression
- It can read and write Brotli-compressed PDF streams, while default compression remains FlateDecode for compatibility with older PDF readers. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The README shows use as a Maven dependency and identifies the latest listed dependency version as 3.0.5. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Document features
- The library supports text and font handling, text extraction, images, graphics, tables, encryption, and page layout settings. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- HTML to PDF
- The openpdf-html module generates PDFs from HTML/CSS content, including styled reports, invoices, and documents from web templates. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Java and Kotlin
- OpenPDF is a Java library and provides a Kotlin module for creating PDF files using Kotlin. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- 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. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- 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. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Optional dependencies
- BouncyCastle is recommended for PDF signing, and Apache FOP is listed as an optional dependency for complex glyph substitution. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- PDF editing
- It can modify existing PDFs by adding or removing pages and modifying text. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- PDF standard
- The project lists PDF 2.0 support (ISO 32000-2). · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Rendering
- The openpdf-renderer module renders PDF pages as images or displays them in Java webapp, Swing, or JavaFX applications. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- OpenPDF does not validate or sandbox input; developers are responsible for ensuring inputs are trusted, sanitized, and safe. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Security risks
- The security policy calls out risks including local file access, SSRF, path traversal, unsafe Base64 content, and memory exhaustion from large or malformed PDFs. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The project welcomes pull requests and bug reports through its GitHub repository, and links to examples, JavaDoc, and a work-in-progress tutorial. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
- What it does
- OpenPDF is an open-source Java library for creating, editing, rendering, and encrypting PDFs, including generating PDFs from HTML. · github.com, 9 Oct 2026
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