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A general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs.

A general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs.

This tutorial shows how PDF.js can be used as a library in a web browser.

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Note: As of Firefox 140, this policy no longer completely disables PDF.js; it changes the handler to send PDF files to the operating system. Embedded PDF files are shown in the browser.

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A general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering PDFs.

PDF.js

PDF viewer in JavaScript included in Mozilla Firefox

mozilla.github.io

PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas. The project is led by the Mozilla Corporation after Andreas Gal launched it (initially … Wikipedia

Factsheet

Original author Andreas Gal

Developer Mozilla

Initial release 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)

Factsheet

Original author Andreas Gal

Developer Mozilla

Initial release 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)

npmjs.com › package › pdfjs-dist

pdfjs-dist - npm

2 weeks ago - PDF.js is a Portable Document Format (PDF) library that is built with HTML5.

      » npm install pdfjs-dist

Published Nov 29, 2025

Version 5.4.449

Repository https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

Homepage https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/

Discussions

Any good libraries or iframe alternatives for reviewing PDFs in a Vue app? Currently using iframe but it takes forever to load the PDF

Hi! There is a library from Mozilla that tackles this issue, since its pretty common to need a PDF reader on the web. Give it a look to see if it fits you: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js I don't know if there's any good Vue wrapper for it, but I feel the mozilla pdf library its been the standard for PDFs. Hope it helps More on reddit.com

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Favorite library for pdf generation

I did spin up a small backend service that uses http://wkhtmltopdf.org/ and it has been a godsend. Before i was using window.print() and a good amount of css @media print, but client browsers were crashing when generating too much data. More on reddit.com

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How do you convert HTML To PDF without a third-party package/library?

You don't? Unless writing it yourself. More on reddit.com

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PDF manipulation library that doesn't require PDF-TK?

have you seen HummusJs? HummusJs

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github.com › mozilla › pdf.js

GitHub - mozilla/pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript

PDF Reader in JavaScript. Contribute to mozilla/pdf.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

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mozilla.github.io › pdf.js › getting_started

PDF.js - Getting Started

├── docs/ - website source code ├── examples/ - simple usage examples ├── extensions/ - browser extension source code ├── external/ - third party code ├── l10n/ - translation files ├── src/ │ ├── core/ - core layer │ ├── display/ - display layer │ ├── shared/ - shared code between the core and display layers │ ├── interfaces.js - interface definitions for the core/display layers │ └── pdf.*.js - wrapper files for bundling ├── test/ - unit, font, reference, and integration tests ├── web/ - viewer layer ├── LICENSE ├── README.md ├── gulpfile.mjs - build scripts/logic ├── package-lock.json - pinned dependency versions └── package.json - package definition and dependencies

en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PDF.js

PDF.js - Wikipedia

July 18, 2025 - PDF.js is a JavaScript library that renders Portable Document Format (PDF) files using the web standards-compliant HTML5 Canvas.

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Complete guide to PDF.js

August 11, 2025 - PDF.js is Mozilla’s open source JavaScript library for rendering PDFs in browsers without plugins. This guide covers PDF.js setup, rendering with the Canvas API, navigation controls, zoom functionality, and handling basic annotations. However, for enterprise applications requiring advanced features, high performance, and dedicated support, Nutrient Web SDK is the ideal solution.

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November 2, 2025 - A PDF Reader in JavaScript. PDF.js is a web standards-based platform for parsing and rendering Portable Document Formats (PDFs). Open source and built with HTML5, this PDF viewer is supported by a great community and Mozilla Labs.

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GitHub - parallax/jsPDF: Client-side JavaScript PDF generation for everyone.

A library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. You can catch me on twitter: @MrRio or head over to my company's website for consultancy. jsPDF is now co-maintained by yWorks - the diagramming experts.

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A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser.

      » npm install pdfkit

Published Aug 30, 2025

Version 0.17.2

Author Devon Govett

Repository https://github.com/foliojs/pdfkit

Homepage http://pdfkit.org/

A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser.

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3 weeks ago - A library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. You can catch me on twitter: @MrRio or head over to my company's website for consultancy. jsPDF is now co-maintained by yWorks - the diagramming experts.

      » npm install jspdf

Published Nov 19, 2025

Version 3.0.4

Repository https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF

Homepage https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF

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r/vuejs on Reddit: Any good libraries or iframe alternatives for reviewing PDFs in a Vue app? Currently using iframe but it takes forever to load the PDF

September 17, 2024 - Hi! There is a library from Mozilla that tackles this issue, since its pretty common to need a PDF reader on the web. Give it a look to see if it fits you: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

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July 16, 2025 - Everything a developer needs to know to use JavaScript control in the web app is completely documented. ... PDF.js is a popular open-source library developed by Mozilla to render PDF files directly in web browsers.