What software do you use to generate PDFs?

Question

I need to automatically generate invoices and similar documents as PDFs for clients. Currently I am using headless Chromium + print to pdf calling the front end.I thought Latex to be too heavyweight for my use case, but I am not completely happy with the styling of my current setup.Are there good alternatives to generate PDFs server-side?

jjjbokma · Accepted Answer

For my invoices I use a LaTeX template, filled via a Perl program that reads a custom invoice format.

rvz · Answer

> Are there good alternatives to generate PDFs server-side?pandoc is suitable for this.

catacombs · Answer

LaTeX, org-mode and pandoc.