HexaPDF

HexaPDF is a pure Ruby library with an accompanying application for working with PDF files. It was designed with ease of use and performance in mind. It uses lazy loading and lazy computing when possible and tries to produce small PDF files by default.

Features

Minimal dependencies ('cmdparse' for hexapdf binary, 'geom2d' for document layout)
Easy to use, Ruby-esque API
Fully tested with 100% code coverage
Low-level API with high-level convenience interface on top
Pure Ruby
Path drawing operations like lines, polylines, rectangles, bézier curves, arcs, ...
Complete canvas API which directly maps to PDF internal operators

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License

GNU Free Documentation License

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Additional Project Details

Programming Language

Ruby

Related Categories

Ruby PDF Generation Libraries

Registered

2023-11-17

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