| libHaru | |
|---|---|
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| Stable release | 2.4.6
/ 2026-03-26 |
| Written in | ANSI C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Software Library |
| License | ZLIB/LIBPNG Licence |
| Website | libharu |
| Repository | |
libHaru is a free, open-source, cross platform library for generating PDF files for applications written in C or C++.123 It is not intended for reading and editing existing PDF files.
It supports the following features:
- Generating PDF files with lines, text, images.
- Outline, text annotation, link annotation.
- Compressing document with deflate-decode.
- Embedding PNG, Jpeg images.
- Embedding Type1 font and TrueType font.
- Creating encrypted PDF files.
- Using various character sets (ISO8859-1~16, MS CP1250~8, KOI8-R).
- Supporting CJK fonts and encodings.
Supporting compilers and programming languages
libHaru is written in ANSI C and should compile easily with any compliant C compiler.
It tested in the following environment:
- Cygwin + GCC (Windows).
- Cygwin + MinGW (Windows).
- Microsoft VC++ (Windows).
- Borland C++ (Windows).
- GCC (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, MorphOS...).
libHaru can be used as a static library or as a dynamic library.
When you use it as static-library, it can be used by C and a C++. But when you use it as shared-library, it can be used by many development languages which support shared library.
libharu provides bindings for programming languages:
References
References
- libHaru
- libHaru on SourceForge.net
- "Open source PDF library for C/C++ application?". Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- PocoPDF
- Binding for PHP
- Binding for PERL
- "LuaHPDF - binding for Lua". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
- hpdf.js