LibHaru
| Stable release | 2.3.0
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| Preview release | 2.3.0-RC3
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| Written in | ANSI C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Software Library |
| License | ZLIB/LIBPNG Licence |
| Website | http://libharu.org |
libHaru is a free, open source, cross platform library for generating PDF files for applications written in C or C++.[1][2][3] 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 (Microsoft Windows).
- Cygwin + MinGW (Microsoft Windows).
- Microsoft VC++ (Microsoft Windows).
- Borland C++ (Microsoft Windows).
- GCC (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris...).
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: