PDF export

The following extensions can be used to export the contents of one or more wiki pages into a downloadable PDF file.

Extension	Libraries used	Last updated	Notes
Collection + PDF Writer	None	2019	Uses the outside server http://tools.pediapress.com to do PDF conversions. Also supports export to other file formats, including OpenDocument and DocBook. Exported PDFs can also be printed on demand via PediaPress . Used on Wikimedia sites from 2014 to 2017.
DocBookExport	pandoc , xsltproc , Apache FOP	2020	Also enables export to DocBook XML, HTML and ODT formats.
DownloadBook	pandoc , WeasyPrint	2023	Also enables export to ePub, ODT, etc.
ElectronPdfService	Proton	2024	Currently used on Wikimedia sites. Originally used the electron-render-service library, which was deprecated in 2019.
Mpdf	mPDF	2023	PDF export has to be done using Vector skin
PdfBook	HTMLDOC	2023	The HTMLDOC library lacks support for non-ASCII Unicode characters.

Stand alone converters [ edit ]

The following stand alone software can be used to export PDF files from MediaWiki

Software	Libraries used	Last updated	Notes
Proton		2019	Single-article export. Used on Wikimedia sites since 2019.
mediawiki2latex	ghc, libghc-http-dev, libghc-blaze-html-dev, libghc-directory-tree-dev, libghc-file-embed-dev, libghc-happstack-server-dev, libghc-hashable-dev, libghc-highlighting-kate-dev, libghc-http-client-dev, libghc-http-conduit-dev, libghc-hxt-http-dev, libghc-strict-dev, libghc-temporary-dev, libghc-url-dev, libghc-utility-ht-dev, libghc-zip-archive-devlibrsvg2-bin, imagemagick, fonts-freefont-ttf, texlive-xetex, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-fonts-extra, cm-super-minimal, texlive-lang-all, poppler-utils, lmodern, texlive-generic-recommended, latex-cjk-common, fonts-cmu, ttf-unifont, fonts-wqy-zenhei, calibre, latex2rtf, libreoffice, curl	2024	Also supports export to other file formats, including OpenDocument, LaTeX, and EPUB; Online Converter as well as binaries for Linux and Windows available. GPL licensed open source.