What this does
Got an .html file you want as a PDF? Maybe it’s an exported report, a saved invoice template, an email receipt, or a chunk of documentation. Upload it here and the markup gets rendered into a paginated PDF, text, styling, and images laid out across pages you can print or archive.
Web pages live on infinite scroll. PDFs live on fixed pages. This tool bridges that gap.
Where people use it
A few common reasons this comes up:
- Saving a generated invoice or receipt. Lots of apps spit out HTML for invoices. Convert it once and you’ve got a permanent, printable record.
- Archiving a report. Dashboards and tools that export HTML are easy to render down to a single PDF for filing.
- Turning documentation into a handout. A standalone HTML doc becomes something you can print, email, or read offline.
- Producing a clean copy of a template. Designed an email or a certificate in HTML? Lock it into a PDF.
If your file is self-contained, the conversion is quick and the result looks tidy.
How it converts
You upload the HTML file and the server renders it using a headless LibreOffice engine, which reads the markup and styling, then prints the laid-out result to PDF pages. Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, and inline styling carry through. The content flows across pages the way printed material does, instead of one endless column.
Worth understanding: LibreOffice renders HTML the way a document engine does, not the way a modern Chrome tab does. So clean, structured markup with straightforward CSS converts beautifully. The closer your file is to a real document (headings, tables, images, basic styling), the better it looks.
Set your expectations on styling
This is the honest part. HTML-to-PDF is never pixel-identical to a live browser, no converter is, because PDF pagination and browser rendering are fundamentally different beasts.
- Reference your images and assets properly. A file that pulls images from relative paths or external scripts may not have those resources available at conversion time. Self-contained HTML with embedded or absolute-URL images is safest.
- Heavy JavaScript-driven layouts won’t run their scripts. If your page builds itself with JS after load, the converter sees the pre-script markup. Static, server-rendered HTML is the sweet spot.
- Cutting-edge CSS like complex flexbox or grid animations may render more simply than in Chrome. Solid, conventional styling holds up well.
Bottom line: structured documents shine; single-page-app exports are hit or miss.
Steps
- Upload your
.htmlfile (50 MB limit). - Click Convert to PDF.
- The server renders and paginates it.
- Download the result.
Files don’t hang around
Both your uploaded HTML and the PDF it produces get deleted automatically about an hour after the conversion runs. Nothing’s stored permanently, so a private report or an internal template is gone from the server well before the day’s out.
FAQ
Will it look exactly like my browser?
Not exactly, and that’s true of every HTML-to-PDF converter. Clean, document-style HTML converts very closely. JavaScript-heavy or experimental-CSS pages may simplify.
Do my images come through?
If they’re embedded or referenced by an absolute URL, yes. Images that rely on relative local paths might be missing, since those files aren’t uploaded with the HTML.
Does JavaScript run during conversion?
No. The renderer reads your markup as-is. If your page generates content with JS after loading, export the rendered HTML first, then convert that.
Can I convert a whole live website?
This converts a single uploaded .html file, not a live URL with all its linked assets. Save a self-contained version of the page, then convert it.
What’s the size limit?
50 MB for the HTML file, which is plenty even with inline base64 images.
How long until it’s deleted?
About an hour. The upload and the generated PDF are both cleared automatically.