install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install plutobook

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#html2pdf

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ht/html2pdf/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Paged HTML Rendering Library

Project links

Commands and aliases

html2pdf
html2png

history

Project history and usage

PlutoBook is a lightweight C/C++ library and command-line toolkit for laying out HTML or XML as paged documents and exporting PDF or bitmap output.

Project history

PlutoBook is a C and C++ paged-media rendering engine maintained by the PlutoPrint organization. It implements its own HTML, XML, CSS, SVG, font, and page-layout machinery and renders to PDF, bitmaps, or other Cairo-supported surfaces.

The first documented release was published in August 2025. Subsequent development rapidly expanded CSS, SVG, international-text, table, flexbox, and paged-media support; the project moved to MPL-2.0 in January 2026.

Adoption history

PlutoBook entered Homebrew in September 2025, giving macOS and Linux users packaged access to its library and html2pdf/html2png utilities. The project also serves as the rendering engine beneath the PlutoPrint Python and Node.js bindings.

How it is used

Developers embed the C or C++ API to load HTML, XML, files, or URLs and render complete documents or individual pages. Package users can also invoke html2pdf or html2png for direct conversions, previews, reports, invoices, and other static print workflows.

Why package nerds care

PlutoBook offers a packageable HTML-to-PDF engine that does not embed Chromium, WebKit, or Gecko. This makes it noteworthy for systems where a dedicated C/C++ rendering library and small command-line converters are preferable to browser automation.

Timeline

2025-08-12: First documented release.
2025-08-19: html2png was added alongside expanded html2pdf options.
2025-09-09: PlutoBook became available through Homebrew.
2026-01-14: The project relicensed under MPL-2.0.

Related projects

PlutoPrint is the official Python library and CLI built on PlutoBook. The same organization also maintains a Node.js binding and a samples repository.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:library-like

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Installs with 8 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`html2pdf`	cli	global executable
`html2png`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04

manager version0.20.0

manager updated2026-10-30

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.20.0

https://github.com/plutoprint/plutobook

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:plutobook
Version	0.20.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/plutobook
Homepage	https://github.com/plutoprint/plutobook
Repository	https://github.com/plutoprint/plutobook
License	MPL-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/plutoprint/plutobook/archive/refs/tags/v0.20.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-10-30T11:15:13+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	cairo, fontconfig, freetype, harfbuzz, icu4c@79, jpeg-turbo, libidn2, webp
Build dependencies	meson, ninja, pkgconf
Uses from macOS	expat
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	plutobook
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix92%

html2pdf

nix profile install nixpkgs#html2pdf

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Html2pdf

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/plutobook.yml

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