(Free) Open-source PDF Generation/Export

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wkhtmltopdf

I remember I used Razor to build HTML that I could then throw into wkhtmltopdf. There is a c# wrapper somewhere on github.

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Browserless

Otherwise, any pdf to hml chromium based solution hosted via docker, like gotenberg](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg) or browserless.io(which is free if you create open source). Generating pdfs from html directly in .NET was always a pain. Wkhtml (and wrappers that use it) uses WebKit and comes with a load of issues of its own, similar to running and styling anything in Safari. Using chromium based engine saves a lot of time as it's the most popular way of doing it these days. You can also use puppeteer-sharp with local chromium if you host your app on something that allows it(f.e. Not Azure Functions).

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