Pivot PDF
A PDF creation library written in Rust, designed for SaaS and web applications. Low memory and CPU consumption — even for documents with hundreds of pages.
Pivot PDF
A PDF creation library written in Rust, designed to be used from any language. The core is implemented in Rust and can be used directly in Rust projects. Language bindings are being built for PHP, Python, Go, C#, and other major languages.
Designed for low memory and CPU consumption — even for documents with hundreds of pages — making it well suited for SaaS and web applications that generate reports, contracts, invoices, or bills of material on the fly.
Features
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Text placement | ✅ |
| TextFlow — word wrap and multi-page reflow | ✅ |
| Word-break control — force-break, hyphenate, or overflow | ✅ |
| 14 built-in PDF fonts | ✅ |
| TrueType font embedding | ✅ |
| Line graphics (paths, rectangles, stroke, fill) | ✅ |
| JPEG and PNG images | ✅ |
| Streaming tables with per-cell styles | ✅ |
| Coordinate origin — bottom-left or top-left; transparent conversion | ✅ |
| Form fields — fillable AcroForm text fields | ✅ |
| Page editing (post-write overlay, page numbering) | ✅ |
| FlateDecode compression (50–80% size reduction) | ✅ |
| PDF reading — inspect page count and version | ✅ |
| PDF merging — combine multiple PDFs into one | ✅ |
| PHP extension | ✅ |
Documentation
Features
- Stream Compression — FlateDecode compression for all stream objects
- Coordinate Origin — Bottom-left (PDF native) or top-left (screen/web) coordinate systems
- Form Fields — Fillable AcroForm text fields at specified positions
- Images — Place JPEG and PNG images with fit, fill, stretch, and none modes
- Line Graphics — Paths, rectangles, stroke, fill, and color
- PDF Merging — Combine multiple PDF files into a single output
- PDF Reading — Open existing PDFs to inspect page count and version
- Tables — Streaming row-by-row layout with per-cell styles and overflow modes
- TrueType Fonts — Embed
.ttffiles with full Unicode support - Page Editing — Open completed pages for overlay content (e.g. “Page X of Y”)
- Word Break — Configurable overflow handling for long tokens in text and tables
PHP Extension
- PHP Installation Guide — Composer package, binary download, php.ini config, and verification
Quick Start
use pdf_core::{BuiltinFont, FontRef, PdfDocument, TextFlow, TextStyle, Rect};
let mut doc = PdfDocument::create("output.pdf")?;
doc.set_info("Title", "My Document");
let font = doc.load_builtin_font(BuiltinFont::Helvetica)?;
let style = TextStyle::new(FontRef::Builtin(font), 12.0);
let mut tf = TextFlow::new();
tf.add_text("Hello, Pivot PDF!", &style);
doc.begin_page(612.0, 792.0);
doc.fit_textflow(&mut tf, Rect::new(72.0, 72.0, 468.0, 680.0))?;
doc.end_page()?;
doc.end_document()?;
Language Bindings
| Language | Status |
|---|---|
| Rust | ✅ Available |
| PHP (Linux, macOS) | ✅ Available |
| PHP (Windows) | 🔲 Planned |
| CLI | 🔲 Planned |
| Python | 🔲 Planned |
| Go | 🔲 Planned |
| C# | 🔲 Planned |