iText Core
PDF · Java
- Metadata verified
- Licence confirmed
- Reviewed
Java library for creating and editing PDFs, covering layout, form filling, digital signatures and low-level page objects.
Shows exactly where AGPL crosses a network boundary: a server that generates invoices for users over HTTP is conveying the software to them, so the whole application's source has to be offered to those users even though nothing was distributed as a download.Community pick
Details
- Use case
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0-or-laterCopyleft: Distributing it obliges you to release your source under the same terms.Dual-licensed: AGPL for open projects, or a commercial licence from Apryse for closed-source and proprietary use.
- Activity
- ActiveReleasing regularly
- Package
- Maven: com.itextpdf:itext-core
- Repository
- github.com/itext/itext-java
- Tags
- pdf · generation · signatures · forms · reporting
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