Welcome
iText ® is a library that allows you to create and manipulate PDF documents.
It enables developers looking to enhance web- and other applications
with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation.
Developers can use iText to:
- Serve PDF to a browser
- Generate dynamic documents from XML files or databases
- Use PDF's many interactive features
- Add bookmarks, page numbers, watermarks, etc.
- Split, concatenate, and manipulate PDF pages
- Automate filling out of PDF forms
- Add digital signatures to a PDF file
iText is available in Java as well as in C#.
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iText Summit
Did you miss our summit on March 29th, 2012?
Don't worry, we have captured all talks on video!
Watch and download every presentation online.
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Don't worry, we have captured all talks on video!
Watch and download every presentation online.
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Community
The iText library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
version 3. Please read the terms of use
before downloading iText.
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Commercial
You can be released from the requirements of the AGPL by purchasing a commercial license.
Buying such a license can be mandatory as soon as you develop commercial activities.
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Documentation: iText in Action
iText in Action, Second Edition offers an introduction and a practical guide to iText
and the internals of PDF. This book lowers the learning curve and, through numerous
innovative and practical examples, unlocks the secrets hidden in Adobe's PDF Reference.
Buy the book
iText: one of the world's leading PDF libraries
Who's using iText?
Two examples of companies that are using iText:
JasperSoft provides the most flexible, cost effective and widely deployed Business Intelligence suite in the world, enabling better decision making through highly interactive, web-based reports, dashboards and analysis. Leveraging a commercial open source business model, Jaspersoft provides end-to-end BI capabilities at a fraction of the cost of other vendors.
Scriptura, a product created by Inventive Designers, is a powerful document platform,
that allows you to graphically design your documents and control the entire document
flow of your business, from composition and personalization to output production
and delivery. Inventive Designers uses iText as the PDF engine in this product.
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JasperReports
JasperSoft provides the most flexible, cost effective and widely deployed Business Intelligence suite in the world, enabling better decision making through highly interactive, web-based reports, dashboards and analysis. Leveraging a commercial open source business model, Jaspersoft provides end-to-end BI capabilities at a fraction of the cost of other vendors.
Inventive Designers
Scriptura, a product created by Inventive Designers, is a powerful document platform,
that allows you to graphically design your documents and control the entire document
flow of your business, from composition and personalization to output production
and delivery. Inventive Designers uses iText as the PDF engine in this product.
Online resources
SourceForge
Book resources
Forum
- Book forum
- Getting started
- Creating PDF
- Forms and other interactive features
- Splitting and merging PDFs
- Advanced features
Mailing list
News
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For those who want to hear more about digital signatures: meet us at the PDF Technical Conference 2013 in Königwinter.published on 2013-04-30
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iText 5.4.1 has been released. This release brings new functionality and fixes based on feedback of our customers.published on 2013-04-12
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Many people ask me: is EchoSign a competitor of iText with respect to digital signatures? I always answer: no, EchoSign is an iText user and promotes digital signing using iText.published on 2013-03-27
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