Gotenberg
Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more.
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Still maintained? Yes: 137 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v8.39.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
At a glance
Gotenberg quick facts
- Health score
- 97/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 13,478
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v8.39.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Gotenberg
Full rankings: Adobe Acrobat alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Gotenberg is a Docker-based API for converting documents to PDF. Trusted in production by thousands of companies. Also adopted by notable open-source projects."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Gotenberg scores 97/100, #6 of 17 in Document Management: 137 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v8.39.0, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 13,478 stars add 16.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
137 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v8.39.0 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.5 / 20
13k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 137
- Last 90 days
- 401
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 17 tools in Document Management by health , between Docuseal (#5) and Papra (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v8.39.0 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 13,478 |
| Open issues | 26 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | gotenberg/gotenberg ↗ |
Gotenberg vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Gotenberg (Document Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling-PDF | 100 | 95k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| BentoPDF | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ConvertX | 97 | 19k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Documenso | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Gotenberg (this tool) | 97 | 13k | MIT | today |
| Docspell | 67 | 2.3k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
Gotenberg: common questions
What does Gotenberg replace?
Repoly lists Gotenberg as an open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Gotenberg stands against the others.
Is Gotenberg still maintained?
Gotenberg had 137 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v8.39.0, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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