Create PDF documents interactively using HTML, Pug, and web technologies like CSS and JavaScript.
ReLaXed is a PDF document creation tool that uses web technologies like HTML, Pug, CSS, and JavaScript. It solves the problem of rigid or complex document editing by allowing developers to write content in a minimal markup syntax while leveraging the full power of modern web frameworks for layout and styling.
Developers, technical writers, and anyone familiar with web technologies who needs to generate PDF documents with custom layouts, such as reports, resumes, books, or presentations.
Developers choose ReLaXed because it combines the simplicity of markup languages with the flexibility of web technologies, offering live reloading, plugin extensibility, and support for advanced features like equations and diagrams, all while being open-source and self-hostable.
Create PDF documents using web technologies
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Automatically re-generates PDFs when source files change, as demonstrated in the Atom editor GIF, speeding up the editing process.
Integrates CSS frameworks and JavaScript libraries for styling, plotting, and diagrams, enabling modern document designs like those in the examples.
Supports custom plugins and importing existing web tools, allowing easy extension of functionality for specific needs.
Uses Pug and Markdown for content writing, reducing boilerplate compared to raw HTML while maintaining flexibility.
Requires Node.js, NPM, and headless Chromium via Puppeteer, with installation issues noted in the troubleshooting guide.
Renders HTML to PDF using a headless browser, which is slower and more resource-intensive than direct PDF generation tools.
Lacks pre-designed templates, forcing users to build layouts from scratch with web technologies, unlike dedicated document editors.
ReLaXed is an open-source alternative to the following products:
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