Apache PDFBox vs libHaru
Apache PDFBox
pdfbox.apache.orglibHaru
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| Figure | Apache PDFBox | libHaru |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · PDF SDKs | 8.2 (#7) | 7.7 (#20) |
| Dependencies | PDFBox uses Commons Logging, with Java Util Logging available as a fallback, and its fontbox and xmpbox components provide font handling and XMP metadata support. | ZLIB and PNGLIB are required to use compression and PNG embedding features. |
| Encryption | PDFBox uses the Java Cryptography Architecture and Bouncy Castle libraries for handling PDF encryption. | It can create encrypted PDF files. |
| Purpose | Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java tool for creating and manipulating PDF documents and extracting content from them. | libHaru is a free, cross-platform, open-source library for generating PDF files. |
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Apache PDFBox
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