Create, edit, merge and secure PDF documents from C#
The Core PDF API is the component of the EvoPdf Next Library for .NET for programmatically creating, manipulating and securing PDF documents. Create PDFs by adding text, images and other graphical elements, then apply encryption, permissions, digital signatures, custom headers, footers and stamps. The library targets .NET Standard 2.0 and runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions and Docker.
Version 15.0.3. Building EVO PDF libraries since 2010. Evaluate without registration; the demo output is watermarked until you set a license key. Licensed with the HTML to PDF Converter license or the EVO PDF Toolkit.
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dotnet add package EvoPdf.Next.Core.Windows
This is the Windows package; EvoPdf.Next.Core.Linux and EvoPdf.Next.Core.MacOS work the same way, or use the all-components EvoPdf.Next.* metapackage for your platform.
using EvoPdf.Next; var settings = new PdfDocumentCreateSettings { PageSize = PdfPageSize.A4, Margins = new PdfMargins(36, 36, 36, 36) }; using var pdf = new PdfDocument(settings); var font = PdfFontManager.CreateStandardFont( PdfStandardFont.Helvetica, 16f, PdfFontStyle.Bold, PdfColor.Black); pdf.AddText(new PdfTextElement("Hello", font)); pdf.SaveToFile("created.pdf");
- Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server 2016 to 2025 (x64 and ARM64)
- Linux 64-bit distributions (x64 and ARM64)
- macOS 12.0+ (Apple Silicon / ARM64)
- .NET 10.0, 9.0, 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, .NET Standard 2.0
- .NET Framework 4.6.2 to 4.8.1
- Azure App Service, Functions and Container Apps
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda and ECS
- Google Cloud Run and Kubernetes
- Web, console and desktop applications
What the Core PDF API component does
- Create, edit and merge PDF documents
- Generate PDF documents by adding text, images, shapes, paths and gradient fills
- Add Word, Excel, RTF and Markdown documents and pages of other PDF documents to the pages
- Add, insert, move, rotate and remove the pages of existing PDF documents
- Read and edit bookmarks, set the open action and attach files
- Encrypt, set permissions and passwords for the PDF documents
- Control the PDF document display with PDF viewer preferences
- Create PDF documents with digital signatures and sign existing PDF documents
- Add empty signature fields for the signers of a document, in new or existing PDF documents
- Edit PDF documents by applying stamps, headers and footers
- Add HTML content to new and existing PDF documents, with a table of contents built from its headings
- Fill, flatten and edit PDF forms and create form fields from code
- Redact text, personal data, areas and pages, removing the content from the file
- Split PDF documents and remove page ranges
- Asynchronous methods that can be used with async and await
- Docker containers for Windows and Linux
NuGet packages
Reference EvoPdf.Next.Core.Windows or .Linux, each for x64 and ARM64, .MacOS for Apple Silicon, the multi-platform EvoPdf.Next.Core, or the EvoPdf.Next.* metapackage for your platform, which includes every component.
dotnet add package EvoPdf.Next.Core.Windows
On nuget.org: EvoPdf.Next.Core.Windows · .Linux · .MacOS · multi-platform EvoPdf.Next.Core
Install and run on Windows, Linux and macOS
The Core PDF API needs no system packages: reference the NuGet package and it runs on Windows, Linux and macOS as it is.
Windows
Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server 2016–2025, x64 and ARM64. No additional dependencies.
Getting Started on Windows →Linux
64-bit distributions, x64 and ARM64. The guide lists the system packages per distribution.
Getting Started on Linux →macOS
macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon (ARM64). No additional dependencies.
Getting Started on macOS →Docker
Complete Dockerfiles for Linux (x64, ARM64) and Windows Server containers, with the runtime dependencies and the build commands.
Docker page →Azure
App Service and Functions on Windows and Linux, from code or a container image, Container Apps and AKS: plan sizing and the Linux setup.
Azure page →AWS
Elastic Beanstalk on Amazon Linux 2023 and Windows Server, Lambda functions and ECS on Fargate: the configuration file, the Dockerfiles, sizing.
AWS page →Google Cloud
Cloud Run services in both execution environments and GKE: the Dockerfile, Artifact Registry, the deploy command, sizing.
Google Cloud page →Covered by the HTML to PDF and Toolkit licenses
The Core PDF API is covered by the HTML to PDF Converter license (450 USD Deployment, 1200 USD Company) and by the EVO PDF Toolkit, which covers every component on this site, Next and Classic: 650 USD for a Deployment License (one application on a single server) or 1400 USD for a Company License (unlimited developers, applications and servers, redistributable). Perpetual, with updates and support for the first year.
