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timbogdanov/bolt-pdf
====================

High-performance Laravel Blade-to-PDF package using headless Chrome

v1.0.7(1y ago)06PHPPHP >=8.1

Since Mar 22Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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⚡ Bolt PDF
==========

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**Blade-to-PDF rendering for Laravel 10/11/12+ using Headless Chrome — supports full CSS3, JS, modern layouts, headers, footers, watermarks, and more.**

> Built with 💪 performance, 🧠 modern standards, and 🖤 Laravel elegance.

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✨ Features
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- 🧾 Convert any **Blade view** to a high-fidelity PDF
- 🎨 Supports **modern CSS3**: flexbox, grid, custom fonts
- 🧠 Executes **JavaScript**: charts, animations, etc.
- 🧢 Add headers, footers, and watermark overlays
- 🧊 Save, stream, download, or cache PDFs
- 🔄 Supports **queued generation** for large documents
- 🔧 Fully configurable, extensible & testable

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🚀 Installation
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[](#-installation)

```
composer require timbogdanov/bolt-pdf
If using Laravel  $invoice])
              ->format('A4')
              ->landscape()
              ->header('My Header')
              ->footer('Page ')
              ->watermark('CONFIDENTIAL')
              ->download('invoice.pdf');
Save to storage:
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BoltPdf::view('pdf.report', $data)
       ->save('reports/weekly.pdf');
Queue generation (for large files):
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GeneratePdfJob::dispatch('pdf.report', $data, 'reports/big.pdf');
📂 API Reference
Method	Description
view($blade, $data)	Load a Blade view
html($html)	Load raw HTML content
format('A4')	Set paper format
landscape()	Switch to landscape mode
timeout(30)	Set render timeout (in seconds)
header($html)	Add header HTML
footer($html)	Add footer HTML
watermark($text)	Add watermark text
stream($filename)	Stream PDF in browser
download($filename)	Force download of the PDF
save($path)	Save to local or cloud storage
output()	Return raw PDF content (binary)
🧪 Testing
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php artisan test
Or with PHPUnit:

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./vendor/bin/phpunit
🧩 Roadmap
 Headers & footers
 Watermark overlay
 Queued job support
 Blade directive: @pdf
 Caching support (->cache('key'))
 Chrome process pooling
🛡 Requirements
PHP 8.1+
Laravel 10/11/12+
Chrome or Chromium installed locally (/usr/bin/google-chrome or path in config)
❤️ Credits
Built by Tim Bogdanov.
Powered by chrome-php/chrome and the Laravel ecosystem.

📄 License
MIT © 2025

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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance48

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

413d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0d830abc9aced82c72a05d19e08e14a9c7cc7d318330b00464d737e19e843b09?d=identicon)[timbogdanov](/maintainers/timbogdanov)

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Top Contributors

[![timbogdanov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63133890?v=4)](https://github.com/timbogdanov "timbogdanov (1 commits)")

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