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README
OpenPDF is an open source Java library for PDF files
OpenPDF is a Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is the LGPL/MPL open source successor of iText, and is based on some forks of iText 4 svn tag. We welcome contributions from other developers. Please feel free to submit pull-requests and bugreports to this GitHub repository.
OpenPDF version 1.3.30 released 2022-09-19
Get version 1.3.30 here - https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.3.30
Use OpenPDF as Maven dependency
Add this to your pom.xml file to use the latest version of OpenPDF:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
<artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
<version>1.3.30</version>
</dependency>
License
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1
For a short explanation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License
Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
For a short explanation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License
You can find also a nice explanation of these licenses under https://itsfoss.com/open-source-licenses-explained/
We want OpenPDF to consist of source code which is consistently licensed with the LGPL and MPL licences only. This also means that any new contributions to the project must have a dual LGPL and MPL license only.
Documentation
- [Examples](pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples)
- JavaDoc
- Tutorial (wiki, work in progress)
- Migration from iText, TIFF support
Background
OpenPDF is open source software with a LGPL and MPL license. It is a fork of iText version 4, more specifically iText svn tag 4.2.0, which was hosted publicly on sourceforge with LGPL and MPL license headers in the source code, and LGPL and MPL license documents in the svn repository. Beginning with version 5.0 of iText, the developers have moved to the AGPL to improve their ability to sell commercial licenses.
OpenPDF ancestors in GitHub (in fork order):
- @rtfarte / OpenPDF - parent of LibrePDF/OpenPDF
- @kulatamicuda / iText-4.2.0
- @daviddurand / iText-4.2.0
- @ymasory / iText-4.2.0 - original parent on GitHub
Projects using OpenPDF
- Spring Framework https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- flyingsaucer https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer
- Confluence PDF Export
- Digital Signature Service - https://github.com/esig/dss
- OpenCMS, Nuxeo Web Framework, QR Invoice Library and many closed source commercial applications as well.
- Full list here: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.librepdf/openpdf/usages
Android
OpenPDF can be used with Android, more info here: Android-support
Contributing
Release the hounds! Please send all pull requests. Make sure that your contributions can be released with a dual LGPL and MPL license. In particular, pull requests to the OpenPDF project must only contain code that you have written yourself. GPL or AGPL licensed code will not be acceptable.
Coding Style
- Code indentation style is 4 spaces.
- Generally try to preserve the coding style in the file you are modifying.
Dependencies
Required Dependencies:
- Java 8 or later is required to use OpenPDF. All versions Java 8 to Java OpenJDK 15 have been tested to work.
UTF-8 Fonts:
As of 1.3.21 the UTF-8 Liberation fonts moved to its own module, to reduce the size of the OpenPDF
jar. If you want to use the bundled UTF-8 fonts, please add the following dependency to your project
and use the class org.librepdf.openpdf.fonts.Liberation
.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
<artifactId>openpdf-fonts-extra</artifactId>
<version>${openpdf.version}</version>
</dependency>
Supporting complex glyph substitution/ Ligature substitution:
OpenPDF supports glyph substitution which is required for correct rendering of fonts ligature substitution requirements. FOP dependency is required to enable this feature. Refer following wiki for details: wiki
Supporting OpenType layout, glyph positioning, reordering and substitution:
OpenPDF supports OpenType layout, glyph positioning, reordering and substitution which is e.g. required for correct positioning of accents, the rendering of non-Latin and right-to-left scripts. OpenPDF supports DIN 91379. See: wiki
Optional:
- BouncyCastle (BouncyCastle is used to sign PDF files, so it's a recommended
dependency)
- Provider (
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on
ororg.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk18on
depending on which algorithm you are using) - PKIX/CMS (
org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on
)
- Provider (
- Apache FOP (
org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop
) - Tiff support: Java versions prior to 9 require an additional library in the classpath to handle tiff images. Options are:
- Please refer to our [pom.xml](pom.xml) to see what version is needed.
Credits
Please see [Contributors.md](Contributors.md).
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the OpenPDF README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.