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ReLaXed vs wkhtmltopdf: What are the differences?

ReLaXed: Create PDF documents using web technologies. A tool which creates PDF documents interactively using HTML or Pug (a shorthand for HTML). It allows complex layouts to be defined with CSS and JavaScript while writing the content in a friendly, minimal syntax close to Markdown or LaTeX; wkhtmltopdf: Convert HTML to PDF using Webkit (QtWebKit). wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

ReLaXed and wkhtmltopdf can be primarily classified as "File Conversion" tools.

ReLaXed and wkhtmltopdf are both open source tools. ReLaXed with 11K GitHub stars and 393 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than wkhtmltopdf with 8.39K GitHub stars and 1.17K GitHub forks.

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What is ReLaXed?

A tool which creates PDF documents interactively using HTML or Pug (a shorthand for HTML). It allows complex layouts to be defined with CSS and JavaScript while writing the content in a friendly, minimal syntax close to Markdown or LaTeX.

What is wkhtmltopdf?

wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

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