MiniPdf 0.17.0

.NET 6.0 This package targets .NET 6.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.6.2 This package targets .NET Framework 4.6.2. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
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dotnet add package MiniPdf --version 0.17.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package MiniPdf -Version 0.17.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="MiniPdf" Version="0.17.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="MiniPdf" Version="0.17.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="MiniPdf" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add MiniPdf --version 0.17.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: MiniPdf, 0.17.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package MiniPdf@0.17.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=MiniPdf&version=0.17.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=MiniPdf&version=0.17.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

MiniPdf

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A minimal, lightweight .NET library for converting office files to PDF.

Online Demo: https://mini-software.github.io/MiniPdf/

Features

  • Excel to PDF conversion (.xlsx)
  • Word to PDF conversion (.docx)
  • Minimal dependencies — lightweight; relies almost entirely on built-in .NET APIs
  • Serverless-ready — no COM, no Office installation, no Adobe Acrobat — runs anywhere .NET runs
  • Valid PDF 1.4 output
  • 100% open-source & free — Apache 2.0 licensed, commercial use welcome; just keep the attribution. PRs & contributions are even better!

Install

dotnet add package MiniPdf

Usage

using MiniSoftware;

// Excel to PDF
MiniPdf.ConvertToPdf("data.xlsx", "output.pdf");

// Word to PDF
MiniPdf.ConvertToPdf("report.docx", "output.pdf");

// File to byte array
byte[] pdfBytes = MiniPdf.ConvertToPdf("data.xlsx");

// Stream to byte array
using var stream = File.OpenRead("data.xlsx");
byte[] pdfBytesFromStream = MiniPdf.ConvertToPdf(stream);

Benchmark

MiniPdf output is compared against LibreOffice as the reference renderer across 373 test cases.

Detailed reports:

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.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.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 is compatible.  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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