PDF Clown

PDF Clown is a general-purpose Java and .NET library for manipulating PDF files through multiple abstraction layers, rigorously adhering to PDF 1.7 specification (ISO 32000-1).

This project aims to provide a universal access to PDF files (creation, reading, editing, rendering...) through an accurate and elegant object-oriented API.

* Features: http://pdfclown.org/overview/features/
* Overview: http://pdfclown.org/overview/architecture/

* Website: http://pdfclown.org/
* Blog: http://www.pdfclown.org/blog/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDFClown

Features

Fully-object-oriented PDF model
PDF file creation (and content composition)
PDF file reading (and content extraction)
PDF file editing (and content modification)
Page rendering as image and print (Alpha level)

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 3.0 (LGPLv3)

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beatngu13 Posted 2014-01-17

Still some work to do, but great and easy to use API overall!
haka***akli Edited 2013-09-12

Brilliant work! 5/5! Looking forward for next release. File Serializer (during save) needs a bit more work, I have some complex PDF files (with CAD drawing content) that get corrupted after save.
ellizlarra Posted 2012-07-30

Fantastic project, thanks a ton for sharing
stellaceriolr Posted 2012-06-13

Fantastic project. Thanks
wkunes Posted 2012-04-24

Nice and Easy to use.

Additional Project Details

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Developers

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

C#, Java

Related Categories

C# Text Processing Software, C# Internet Software, C# Presentation Software, Java Text Processing Software, Java Internet Software, Java Presentation Software

Registered

2006-08-31

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