Gotenberg
Gotenberg is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Document Management category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat and ships a Docker image. It has 13,442 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 13,442
- Forks
- 890
- Open issues
- 26
- Commits, last 12 months
- 391
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v8.38.1Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- Mar 23, 2018
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 391 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 391 |
| Latest release | v8.38.1 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 137 |
| Open issues | 26 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 23, 2018 |
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About 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.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg.
Topics
- api
- wkhtmltopdf
- unoconv
- docker
- puppeteer
- pdftk
- libreoffice
- chromium
- chrome
- convert-to-pdf
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Is Gotenberg free and open source?
Yes. Gotenberg is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Gotenberg with Docker?
Yes. Gotenberg provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Gotenberg?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Gotenberg include Stirling-PDF, Paperless-ngx and Docuseal. Gotenberg itself is a self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
Is Gotenberg actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Gotenberg was on Oct 25, 2026 with 391 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v8.38.1, published Oct 15, 2026. It had 26 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.