Just released podpdf
Published: (January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM EST)
1 min read
Source: Dev.to
Source: Dev.to
Why another PDF library?
Most PDF libraries carry features 90% of users never need. podpdf focuses on the essentials: text, tables, shapes, images, and multi‑page documents.
Key specs
- ~9 KB minified (13 KB for plus version)
- Zero runtime dependencies
- Native TypeScript
- Works in Node.js, Bun, and browsers
- Fluent chainable API
Performance
Benchmarked at 0.033 ms per simple document vs 0.271 ms for jsPDF — that’s 5.5× faster.