miPDFlib

Open-source (Apache-2.0) PDF library for .NET 8 and .NET 10 – pure managed code, no native dependencies. Create, read, modify, merge, fill forms, extract text, redact, encrypt and digitally sign (PAdES B-B to B-LTA) PDF documents, produce PDF/A, PDF/UA and ZUGFeRD / XRechnung e-invoices.

dotnet add package miPDFlib

using MiPdf;
using MiPdf.Fonts;
using MiPdf.Layout;

using var pdf = PdfDocument.Create();
using (var layout = new LayoutDocument(pdf, PageSize.A4, new Thickness(50)))
    layout.Add(new Paragraph("Hello miPDFlib", PdfStandardFont.HelveticaBold, 20));
pdf.Save("hello.pdf");

Where to start

  • Guides – creating documents, forms, signatures, text extraction, PDF/A, e-invoices and more, with code samples.
  • How-to guides – step-by-step: PAdES signatures, ZUGFeRD invoices, replacing iText.
  • API reference – every namespace, class and method, searchable.

Source code, issues and discussions: github.com/Mibuw/miPDFlib · package: nuget.org/packages/miPDFlib

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