The Syncfusion® Essential PDF is a .NET standard PDF library that enables your .NET core applications to read, write, and manipulate existing PDF documents. It has various features such table creation, PDF form creation and filling, digital signature, and advanced PDF encryption.
It also has various PDF manipulation features such as PDF compression, redaction, split and merge PDF, watermark, import and export PDF form data, replace or remove images, extract text and find text.
The Syncfusion .NET Core PDF library (Essential PDF) is a feature-rich and high-performance .NET Framework PDF library that is used to create, read, and edit PDF documents programmatically without Adobe dependencies.
You can fetch the Syncfusion .NET PDF library NuGet by simply running the command Install-Package Syncfusion.Pdf.Net.Core from the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio.
Try the following code example to create a hello world PDF document.
//Create a new PDF document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a page to the document
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF graphics for the page
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;
//Set the standard font
PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20);
//Draw the text
graphics.DrawString("Hello World!!!", font, PdfBrushes.Black, new PointF(0, 0));
//Saving the PDF to the MemoryStream
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
document.Save(stream);
//Set the position as '0'.
stream.Position = 0;
//Download the PDF document in the browser
FileStreamResult fileStreamResult = new FileStreamResult(stream, "application/pdf");
fileStreamResult.FileDownloadName = "Sample.pdf";
return fileStreamResult;
This is a commercial product and requires a paid license for possession or use. Syncfusion’s licensed software, including this component, is subject to the terms and conditions of Syncfusion's EULA. You can purchase a license here or start a free 30-day trial here.
About Syncfusion
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Syncfusion has more than 27,000+ customers and more than 1 million users, including large financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and global IT consultancies.
Today, we provide 1700+ components and frameworks for web (Blazor, Flutter, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue, and jQuery), mobile (.NET MAUI (Preview), Flutter, Xamarin, UWP, and JavaScript), and desktop development (WinForms, WPF, WinUI, .NET MAUI (Preview), Flutter,Xamarin, and UWP). We provide ready-to-deploy enterprise software for dashboards, reports, data integration, and big data processing. Many customers have saved millions in licensing fees by deploying our software.
