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Re:Uber Torches 2026 AI Budget on Claude Code in Four Months
on Sunday May 03, 2026 @05:57AM (#47995320)
We ended up using a service like yakpdf, for HTML to PDF generation.
It handled most of the rendering issues out of the box compared to headless browser setups.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a way to render URLs to PDFs on Android?
on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:13AM (#47920571)
yakpdf can handle HTML/URL to PDF conversion through an API without dealing with browser setup or headless tools.
Re:Quest for Permissively Licensed PDF Library in C#
on Monday November 17, 2025 @10:41AM (#45954558)
If you ever revisit alternatives, you might want to try YakPDF
It gives you:
- HTML → PDF without any browser engine - PDF compression & optimization - Simple API for manual PDF generation - Text extraction - No native dependencies and cheaper than Aspose
It’s not a full drop-in replacement for every Aspose feature, but it covers the core workflow you mentioned and is much lighter to integrate.
https://rapidapi.com/yakpdf-yakpdf/api/yakpdf (open via firefox)
Re:Ask HN: What is nowadays (opensource) way of converting HTML to PDF?
on Sunday September 28, 2025 @11:36AM (#45405118)
Puppeteer and Playwright are the main open-source options nowadays, both solid for HTML → PDF once your print CSS is sorted.
Don’t forget proper page breaks (break-before/after/inside) — e.g. break-after: page works in Chromium, while always doesn’t. For trickier pagination you can look at Paged.js, and I’d test layouts in Chrome/Edge before automating.
Shameless plug: I run yakpdf.com, a hosted Puppeteer-based service if you want to avoid self-hosting. https://rapidapi.com/yakpdf-yakpdf/api/yakpdf