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:
As described in the
Open Blog,
the New York Times decided to make all the public domain articles from 1851-1922 available free of charge.
These articles are all in the form of images scanned from the original paper. In fact from 1851-1980,
all 11 million articles are available as images in PDF format. To generate a PDF version of the article
takes quite a bit of work -- each article is actually composed of numerous smaller TIFF images that need
to be scaled and glued together in a coherent fashion. This work could not have been done without iText.
If you order your railway ticket online in Belgium,
you get a PDF document created by iText. This is only one of the many examples of the use of
iText at the NMBS / SNCB (the National Railway Company of Belgium).
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New York Times
As described in the
Open Blog,
the New York Times decided to make all the public domain articles from 1851-1922 available free of charge.
These articles are all in the form of images scanned from the original paper. In fact from 1851-1980,
all 11 million articles are available as images in PDF format. To generate a PDF version of the article
takes quite a bit of work -- each article is actually composed of numerous smaller TIFF images that need
to be scaled and glued together in a coherent fashion. This work could not have been done without iText.
NMBS / SNCB
If you order your railway ticket online in Belgium,
you get a PDF document created by iText. This is only one of the many examples of the use of
iText at the NMBS / SNCB (the National Railway Company of Belgium).
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
Who's using iText?
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