I built an open-source library of React components for creating PDF documents: invoices, reports, certificates, data tables, etc.
The problem: every time I've needed to generate a PDF in a web app, I've spent 2-3 days fighting with page breaks, orphaned headings, table overflow, and headers/footers. Whether it's Puppeteer, jsPDF, or one of the dozen hosted APIs, the DX always feels like 2014.
So I built @docuforge/react-pdf, a set of composable React components that handle the hard parts:
- Smart page breaks (no more split table rows or orphaned headings)
- Auto-paginating tables with repeating headers
- Headers/footers with page number interpolation
- Full CSS support (Flexbox, Grid, @media print)
- TypeScript-first with autocomplete for every prop
I'm also building a hosted PDF generation API on top of this (HTML or React in → PDF out, no Chrome to manage), but the component library is fully open source and works standalone with Playwright/Puppeteer.
Would love feedback on the component API design. What PDF problems have you had that this doesn't solve?
larsmosr•1h ago
I wanted to check it out but I get Application error on "Try for free"
ftwum•2h ago
The problem: every time I've needed to generate a PDF in a web app, I've spent 2-3 days fighting with page breaks, orphaned headings, table overflow, and headers/footers. Whether it's Puppeteer, jsPDF, or one of the dozen hosted APIs, the DX always feels like 2014.
So I built @docuforge/react-pdf, a set of composable React components that handle the hard parts:
- Smart page breaks (no more split table rows or orphaned headings) - Auto-paginating tables with repeating headers - Headers/footers with page number interpolation - Full CSS support (Flexbox, Grid, @media print) - TypeScript-first with autocomplete for every prop
Quick example:
GitHub: https://github.com/Yoshyaes/docuforge npm: npm install @docuforge/react-pdf Docs: https://fred-7da601c6.mintlify.app/introductionI'm also building a hosted PDF generation API on top of this (HTML or React in → PDF out, no Chrome to manage), but the component library is fully open source and works standalone with Playwright/Puppeteer.
Would love feedback on the component API design. What PDF problems have you had that this doesn't solve?