QuestPDF 2022.12.15
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package QuestPDF --version 2022.12.15
NuGet\Install-Package QuestPDF -Version 2022.12.15
<PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2022.12.15" />
paket add QuestPDF --version 2022.12.15
#r "nuget: QuestPDF, 2022.12.15"
// Install QuestPDF as a Cake Addin #addin nuget:?package=QuestPDF&version=2022.12.15 // Install QuestPDF as a Cake Tool #tool nuget:?package=QuestPDF&version=2022.12.15
QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API. Easily generate PDF documents, reports, invoices, exports etc.
👨💻 Design PDF documents using C# and employ a code-only approach. Utilize your version control system to its fullest potential.
🧱 Compose PDF document with a range of powerful and predictable structural elements, such as text, image, border, table, and many more.
⚙️ Utilize a comprehensive layout engine, specifically designed for PDF document generation and paging support.
📖 Write code using concise and easy-to-understand C# Fluent API. Utilize IntelliSense to quickly discover available options.
🔗 Don't be limited to any proprietary scripting language or format. Follow your experience and leverage all modern C# features.
⌛ Save time thanks to a hot-reload capability, allowing real-time PDF document preview without code recompilation.
Simplicity is the key
How easy it is to start and prototype with QuestPDF? Really easy thanks to its minimal API! Please analyse the code below that generates basic PDF document:
using QuestPDF.Fluent;
using QuestPDF.Helpers;
using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
// code in your main method
Document.Create(container =>
{
container.Page(page =>
{
page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
page.Margin(2, Unit.Centimetre);
page.Background(Colors.White);
page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
page.Header()
.Text("Hello PDF!")
.SemiBold().FontSize(36).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
page.Content()
.PaddingVertical(1, Unit.Centimetre)
.Column(x =>
{
x.Spacing(20);
x.Item().Text(Placeholders.LoremIpsum());
x.Item().Image(Placeholders.Image(200, 100));
});
page.Footer()
.AlignCenter()
.Text(x =>
{
x.Span("Page ");
x.CurrentPageNumber();
});
});
})
.GeneratePdf("hello.pdf");
Let's get started
Begin exploring the QuestPDF library today. You are 250 lines of C# code away from creating a fully functional PDF invoice implementation.
Read the Getting Started tutorial to familiarize yourself with general library architecture, important layout structures as well as to better understand helpful patterns and practices.
Easily start designing your PDF documents, reports, invoices, exports and even more.
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
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| .NET | net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 is compatible. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. |
| .NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 is compatible. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. |
| .NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. |
| .NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. |
| MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. |
| MonoMac | monomac was computed. |
| MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. |
| Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. |
| Xamarin.iOS | xamarinios was computed. |
| Xamarin.Mac | xamarinmac was computed. |
| Xamarin.TVOS | xamarintvos was computed. |
| Xamarin.WatchOS | xamarinwatchos was computed. |
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.NETCoreApp 3.0
- SkiaSharp (>= 2.88.7)
- SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz (>= 2.88.7)
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.NETStandard 2.0
- SkiaSharp (>= 2.88.7)
- SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz (>= 2.88.7)
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net6.0
- SkiaSharp (>= 2.88.7)
- SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz (>= 2.88.7)
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net8.0
- SkiaSharp (>= 2.88.7)
- SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz (>= 2.88.7)
NuGet packages (41)
Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on QuestPDF:
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AgentHub.Service.Financial.Domain.Shared
Package Description |
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HTMLToQPDF
Relorer.QuestPDF.HTML is an extension for QuestPDF that allows to generate PDF from HTML |
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DH.QuestPDF
DH框架的Pdf处理库。基于https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF |
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Verify.QuestPDF
Extends Verify (https://github.com/VerifyTests/Verify) to allow verification via QuestPDF. |
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QuestPDF.Markdown
QuestPDF.Markdown is an open-source helper library that allows rendering markdown into a QuestPDF document |
GitHub repositories (15)
Showing the top 5 popular GitHub repositories that depend on QuestPDF:
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nopSolutions/nopCommerce
ASP.NET Core eCommerce software. nopCommerce is a free and open-source shopping cart.
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beto-rodriguez/LiveCharts2
Simple, flexible, interactive & powerful charts, maps and gauges for .Net, LiveCharts2 can now practically run everywhere Maui, Uno Platform, Blazor-wasm, WPF, WinForms, Xamarin, Avalonia, WinUI, UWP.
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Pixeval/Pixeval
Wow. Yet another Pixiv client!
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ariacom/Seal-Report
Database Reporting Tool and Tasks (.Net)
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neozhu/CleanArchitectureWithBlazorServer
This is a repository for creating a Blazor Server dashboard application following the principles of Clean Architecture
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| Version | Downloads | Last updated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024.12.0-rc0 | 129 | 11/18/2024 | |
| 2024.10.3 | 14,152 | 11/8/2024 | |
| 2024.10.2 | 39,242 | 10/24/2024 | |
| 2024.10.1 | 35,105 | 10/14/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0 | 29,256 | 10/4/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0-rc4 | 1,980 | 9/26/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0-rc3 | 5,661 | 9/17/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0-rc2 | 291 | 9/16/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0-rc1 | 285 | 9/13/2024 | |
| 2024.10.0-rc0 | 2,904 | 9/4/2024 | |
| 2024.7.3 | 143,428 | 8/27/2024 | |
| 2024.7.2 | 110,002 | 8/1/2024 | |
| 2024.7.1 | 55,934 | 7/22/2024 | |
| 2024.7.0 | 32,220 | 7/15/2024 | |
| 2024.7.0-rc0 | 1,646 | 7/4/2024 | |
| 2024.6.4 | 68,967 | 6/25/2024 | |
| 2024.6.3 | 328 | 6/25/2024 | |
| 2024.6.2 | 25,906 | 6/20/2024 | |
| 2024.6.1 | 21,411 | 6/15/2024 | |
| 2024.6.0 | 46,712 | 6/11/2024 | |
| 2024.3.10 | 76,050 | 5/25/2024 | |
| 2024.3.9 | 9,360 | 5/23/2024 | |
| 2024.3.8 | 230 | 5/23/2024 | |
| 2024.3.7 | 20,816 | 5/20/2024 | |
| 2024.3.6 | 33,499 | 5/14/2024 | |
| 2024.3.5 | 24,138 | 5/12/2024 | |
| 2024.3.4 | 25,939 | 5/6/2024 | |
| 2024.3.3 | 9,357 | 5/2/2024 | |
| 2024.3.2 | 31,128 | 4/25/2024 | |
| 2024.3.1 | 31,177 | 4/22/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0 | 59,498 | 4/12/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-rc2 | 4,088 | 3/30/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-rc1 | 238 | 3/29/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-rc | 612 | 3/27/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-beta1 | 2,217 | 3/18/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-beta | 3,498 | 2/29/2024 | |
| 2024.3.0-alpha | 1,677 | 2/15/2024 | |
| 2023.12.6 | 280,662 | 2/21/2024 | |
| 2023.12.5 | 71,584 | 2/7/2024 | |
| 2023.12.4 | 141,613 | 1/15/2024 | |
| 2023.12.3 | 19,909 | 1/12/2024 | |
| 2023.12.2 | 61,626 | 1/1/2024 | |
| 2023.12.1 | 67,346 | 12/15/2023 | |
| 2023.12.0 | 51,673 | 12/3/2023 | |
| 2023.10.2 | 83,826 | 11/13/2023 | |
| 2023.10.1 | 44,227 | 10/31/2023 | |
| 2023.10.0 | 32,098 | 10/23/2023 | |
| 2023.10.0-alpha0 | 375 | 10/13/2023 | |
| 2023.9.1 | 46,237 | 10/6/2023 | |
| 2023.9.0 | 36,942 | 9/25/2023 | |
| 2023.6.3 | 142,165 | 8/27/2023 | |
| 2023.6.2 | 636 | 8/26/2023 | |
| 2023.6.1 | 103,756 | 7/20/2023 | |
| 2023.6.0 | 73,986 | 6/28/2023 | |
| 2023.5.3 | 87,423 | 6/12/2023 | |
| 2023.5.2 | 61,683 | 5/31/2023 | |
| 2023.5.1 | 27,987 | 5/22/2023 | |
| 2023.5.0 | 12,556 | 5/15/2023 | |
| 2023.4.2 | 14,165 | 5/9/2023 | |
| 2023.4.1 | 4,749 | 5/4/2023 | |
| 2023.4.0 | 1,390 | 5/4/2023 | |
| 2022.12.15 | 218,666 | 2/7/2024 | |
| 2022.12.14 | 31,515 | 1/12/2024 | |
| 2022.12.13 | 9,251 | 1/1/2024 | |
| 2022.12.12 | 23,923 | 12/15/2023 | |
| 2022.12.11 | 21,157 | 12/3/2023 | |
| 2022.12.10 | 11,602 | 11/13/2023 | |
| 2022.12.9 | 3,393 | 10/31/2023 | |
| 2022.12.8 | 24,097 | 10/23/2023 | |
| 2022.12.7 | 94,563 | 10/6/2023 | |
| 2022.12.6 | 460,933 | 5/9/2023 | |
| 2022.12.5 | 152,026 | 4/27/2023 | |
| 2022.12.4 | 33,738 | 4/22/2023 | |
| 2022.12.3 | 76,974 | 4/16/2023 | |
| 2022.12.2 | 322,498 | 3/12/2023 | |
| 2022.12.1 | 578,636 | 1/13/2023 | |
| 2022.12.0 | 157,103 | 12/14/2022 | |
| 2022.11.0 | 390,559 | 11/5/2022 | |
| 2022.11.0-alpha1 | 357 | 11/1/2022 | |
| 2022.11.0-alpha0 | 320 | 10/28/2022 | |
| 2022.9.1 | 93,903 | 10/15/2022 | |
| 2022.9.0 | 140,284 | 9/18/2022 | |
| 2022.9.0-alpha1 | 301 | 9/16/2022 | |
| 2022.8.2 | 166,637 | 8/21/2022 | |
| 2022.8.1 | 21,024 | 8/19/2022 | |
| 2022.8.0 | 98,561 | 8/15/2022 | |
| 2022.6.3 | 55,408 | 7/18/2022 | |
| 2022.6.2 | 129,565 | 6/22/2022 | |
| 2022.6.1 | 23,212 | 6/12/2022 | |
| 2022.6.0 | 163,084 | 6/12/2022 | |
| 2022.6.0-prerelease | 1,760 | 5/30/2022 | |
| 2022.5.0 | 286,762 | 5/9/2022 | |
| 2022.4.1 | 111,740 | 4/8/2022 | |
| 2022.4.0 | 70,388 | 4/4/2022 | |
| 2022.4.0-alpha1 | 337 | 3/27/2022 | |
| 2022.4.0-alpha0 | 305 | 3/27/2022 | |
| 2022.3.1 | 98,922 | 3/15/2022 | |
| 2022.3.0 | 2,590 | 3/14/2022 | |
| 2022.2.7 | 1,762 | 3/12/2022 | |
| 2022.2.6 | 6,580 | 3/8/2022 | |
| 2022.2.5 | 20,586 | 2/18/2022 | |
| 2022.2.4 | 708 | 2/18/2022 | |
| 2022.2.3 | 11,348 | 2/7/2022 | |
| 2022.2.2 | 2,060 | 2/1/2022 | |
| 2022.2.1 | 1,622 | 1/30/2022 | |
| 2022.2.0 | 1,885 | 1/29/2022 | |
| 2022.2.0-beta1 | 333 | 1/24/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0 | 26,162 | 1/10/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta5 | 984 | 1/7/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta4 | 344 | 1/6/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta3 | 315 | 1/5/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta2 | 332 | 1/5/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta1 | 334 | 1/3/2022 | |
| 2022.1.0-beta0 | 312 | 12/30/2021 | |
| 2022.1.0-alpha0 | 360 | 12/30/2021 | |
| 2021.12.0 | 32,507 | 12/6/2021 | |
| 2021.12.0-alpha1 | 1,162 | 11/29/2021 | |
| 2021.12.0-alpha0 | 389 | 11/18/2021 | |
| 2021.11.4 | 22,743 | 11/14/2021 | |
| 2021.11.3 | 4,918 | 11/7/2021 | |
| 2021.11.0-beta3 | 401 | 11/3/2021 | |
| 2021.11.0-beta2 | 432 | 10/28/2021 | |
| 2021.11.0-beta | 465 | 10/23/2021 | |
| 2021.10.1 | 10,091 | 9/30/2021 | |
| 2021.10.0 | 612 | 9/30/2021 | |
| 2021.10.0-beta.2 | 278 | 9/14/2021 | |
| 2021.10.0-beta | 418 | 9/13/2021 | |
| 2021.9.3 | 6,369 | 9/12/2021 | |
| 2021.9.2 | 731 | 9/1/2021 | |
| 2021.9.1 | 562 | 9/1/2021 | |
| 2021.9.0 | 525 | 8/30/2021 | |
| 2021.8.0 | 2,493 | 8/2/2021 | |
| 2021.5.2 | 3,300 | 5/5/2021 | |
| 2021.4.0 | 771 | 4/2/2021 | |
| 2021.3.1 | 7,126 | 3/1/2021 | |
| 2021.3.0 | 585 | 3/1/2021 | |
| 2021.2.0 | 631 | 2/8/2021 | |
| 2021.1.0 | 694 | 1/4/2021 | |
| 2020.11.0 | 10,763 | 11/1/2020 |
Version 2022.12.0:
Feature: implemented LetterSpacing property for the Text element
Improvement: the Text element API accepts now only string values, objects are not automatically converted anymore
Fix: the Alignment element incorrectly limits size of its child when only one axis is set (horizontal or vertical)
Maintenance: Updated SkiaSharp dependency to 2.88.3
This release was possible thanks to enormous help of AntonyCorbett, thank you!
Version 2022.12.1:
Fixed: loading fonts from embedded resource via the FontManager.RegisterFontFromEmbeddedResource method
Fixed: better layout calculation stability for the Column element
Improvement: exposed missing API method for the Dynamic component, enabling applying more advanced optimizations
Improvement: better API documentation for the Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold property
Version 2022.12.2:
Performance improvements in various areas
Text rendering stability improvements
Fixed: the Settings.CheckIfAllTextGlyphsAreAvailable setting does not work correctly
Version 2022.12.3:
Fix: inconsistent text height when using multiple lines with different TextStyles
Improvement: added validation for color arguments
Fix: the inlined element is shown only once in the header but should be repeated on each page
Version 2022.12.4:
Fix: the TextStyle.Fallback property incorrectly inherits parent's and global properties
Improvement: updated the CreateNotMatchingFontException message to mention that the glyph checking operation can be disabled with the Settings.CheckIfAllTextGlyphsAreAvailable setting
Version 2022.12.6:
Fix: fixed the rendering order of table cells in certain scenarios
Version 2022.12.7:
- Text rendering enhancement: a fake underline is drawn when the font typeface lacks an underline effect configuration or it is unavailable on runtime operating system
- Text rendering enhancement: a fake strikethrough is drawn when the font typeface lacks a strikethrough effect configuration or it is unavailable on runtime operating system
- Text rendering enhancement: a fake skew operation is applied to mimic an italic effect when the provided font lacks an italic variant
- Text rendering enhancement: a fake bold effect is applied when the font doesn't offer variants of higher weight
Version 2022.12.8:
- Updated SkiaSharp dependency from 2.88.3 to 2.88.6
- Updated QuestPDF Previewer dependencies: from Avalonia 0.10.X to 11.0.X
Version 2022.12.9:
- Enhanced developer experience by refining the accuracy of the exception message thrown when native SkiaSharp dependencies are unavailable in the runtime environment.
Version 2022.12.10
- Enhanced SkiaSharp native dependency detection for increased compatibility.
- Fixed rare instances of text rendering inaccurately due to cache-related faults.
- Fixed a rare problem where the Row element does not always respect layout issues in its children.
Version 2022.12.11
- Back-ported feature as part of extended support: simplified development loop by introducing cross-platform methods GeneratePdfAndShow() and GenerateXpsAndShow()
- Back-ported community-developed feature: added functionality to specify unit types for the Spacing property in the Row element, improving Fluent API consistency (by @sclarke81)
- Back-ported community-developed improvement: integrated CancellationToken support in the ShowInPreviewer method (by @marcmognol)
- Back-ported community-developed improvement: simplified DynamicComponent usage by introducing a state-less component model (by @bennetbo)
Version 2022.12.12
- Fixed: table layout renders incorrectly if one of its cells spans at least three pages
Version 2022.12.13
- Fixed: The hyperlink element was annotating the incorrect location, in specific layout scenarios when used with right-to-left content direction
- Maintenance: The QuestPDF Previewer application has been updated to utilize the latest version of the Avalonia library
Version 2022.12.14
- Update: upgraded the SkiaSharp dependency to version 2.88.7. This update addresses issues with JPEG images being incorrectly encoded/decoded on ARM devices.
- Maintenance: added .NET 8 as an official build target for the library.
Version 2023.12.15
- Improvement: when drawing content with the Canvas element, the library now clips drawn content to the element's boundaries. This prevents potential overflow when integrating with other libraries
- Fix: resolved an issue where the Column element applies double spacing when its child does not occupy any space
- Improvement: enhanced layout stability
- Previewer: updated Avalonia to 11.0.7