MiniPdf converts Office documents directly to PDF without Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Adobe Acrobat, or COM automation at runtime. Choose the implementation that matches your project.

Choose an implementation

Quick start

.NET

dotnet add package MiniPdf

using MiniSoftware;

MiniPdf.ConvertToPdf("report.docx", "report.pdf");

Prefer a command-line tool?

dotnet tool install --global MiniPdf.Cli
minipdf report.docx -o report.pdf

The .NET guide covers conversion, custom fonts, CLI options, and deployment.

Rust

cargo add minipdf
cargo install minipdf-cli

minipdf::convert_to_pdf("report.docx", "report.pdf")?;

minipdf report.docx -o report.pdf

The Rust guide documents the crate API, CLI, supported features, known gaps, and development workflow.

Java

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.github.mini-software</groupId>
	<artifactId>minipdf</artifactId>
	<version>0.1.4</version>
</dependency>

Maven group IDs may contain hyphens, but Java package names may not. Therefore, the dependency uses io.github.mini-software, while imports use io.github.minisoftware.minipdf.

import io.github.minisoftware.minipdf.MiniPdf;
import java.nio.file.Path;

MiniPdf.convertToPdf(Path.of("report.docx"), Path.of("report.pdf"));

Python

pip install minipdf

import minipdf

minipdf.convert_to_pdf("report.docx", "report.pdf")

The Python guide lists the current DOCX feature scope and CLI options.

Node.js

npm install minipdf

const minipdf = require('minipdf')

minipdf.convertToPdf('report.docx', 'report.pdf')

The Node.js guide covers in-memory conversion, page sizing, font registration, and supported native platforms.

Go

go get github.com/mini-software/MiniPdf/minipdf-go@latest

import minipdf "github.com/mini-software/MiniPdf/minipdf-go"

if err := minipdf.ConvertToPDF("report.docx", "report.pdf"); err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

The Go guide documents the package, native CLI, current rendering scope, and release tags.

Why MiniPdf

• No office suite required: conversion runs inside your application or CLI.
• Small deployment surface: minimal dependencies and no external process.
• Server and CI friendly: works in containers, cloud services, and pipelines.
• Multiple language options: use MiniPdf from .NET, Rust, Java, Python, Node.js, or Go.
• Native command-line options: available for .NET, Rust, Java, Python, and Go.
• Open development: Apache 2.0 licensed with reproducible visual benchmarks.

MiniPdf targets practical document conversion, not complete Microsoft Office layout compatibility. Complex templates may render differently; use the online demo or benchmark reports to evaluate representative files.

Quick contribution

Open a clean fork or clone in any coding agent, then paste this prompt into the agent chat:

Read CONTRIBUTING.md and run the MiniPdf contribution loop from start to finish. Detect the installed supported language toolchains, randomly choose one available implementation, diagnose and improve the automatically selected benchmark cases, validate all changes, and prepare the pull request. Do not commit, push, fork, or open a pull request without my explicit approval.

Project resources

License

Apache License 2.0. Commercial use is welcome; retain the required notices and attribution.