PDF export

The following extensions can be used to export the contents of one or more wiki pages into a downloadable PDF file.

Extension	Libraries used	Last updated	Notes
Collection + PDF Writer	None	2019	Uses the outside server http://tools.pediapress.com to do PDF conversions. Also supports export to other file formats, including OpenDocument and DocBook. Exported PDFs can also be printed on demand via PediaPress. Used on Wikimedia sites from 2014 to 2017.
DocBookExport	pandoc, xsltproc, Apache FOP	2020	Also enables export to DocBook XML, HTML and ODT formats.
ElectronPdfService	electron-render-service	2021	Currently used on Wikimedia sites. Originally backed by the electron-render-service library, which was deprecated in April 2019; now using Proton at Wikimedia.
Mpdf	mPDF	2023	PDF export has to be done using Vector skin
PdfBook	HTMLDOC	2023	The HTMLDOC library lacks support for non-ASCII Unicode characters.

Stand alone converters

The following stand alone software can be used to export PDF files from MediaWiki

Software	Libraries used	Last updated	Notes
Proton		2019	Single-article export. Used on Wikimedia sites since 2019.
mediawiki2latex	ghc, libghc-http-dev, libghc-blaze-html-dev, libghc-directory-tree-dev, libghc-file-embed-dev, libghc-happstack-server-dev, libghc-hashable-dev, libghc-highlighting-kate-dev, libghc-http-client-dev, libghc-http-conduit-dev, libghc-hxt-http-dev, libghc-strict-dev, libghc-temporary-dev, libghc-url-dev, libghc-utility-ht-dev, libghc-zip-archive-devlibrsvg2-bin, imagemagick, fonts-freefont-ttf, texlive-xetex, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-fonts-extra, cm-super-minimal, texlive-lang-all, poppler-utils, lmodern, texlive-generic-recommended, latex-cjk-common, fonts-cmu, ttf-unifont, fonts-wqy-zenhei, calibre, latex2rtf, libreoffice	2023	Also supports export to other file formats, including OpenDocument, LaTeX, and EPUB; Online Converter as well as binaries for Linux and Windows available. GPL licensed open source.