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iText 7 Community

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iText 7 Community consists of several jars.

The iText 7 Core/Community release contains:

  • kernel-x.y.z.jar: low-level functionality
  • io-x.y.z.jar: low-level functionality
  • layout-x.y.z.jar: high-level functionality
  • forms-x.y.z.jar: AcroForms
  • pdfa-x.y.z.jar: PDF/A-specific functionality
  • pdftest-x.y.z.jar: test helper classes
  • barcode-x.y.z.jar: use this if you want to create bar codes
  • hyph-x.y.z.jar: use this if you want text to be hyphenated
  • font-asian-x.y.z.jar: use this is you need CJK functionality (Chinese / Japanese / Korean)
  • sign-x.y.z.jar: use this if you need support for digital signatures

The iText 7 Community source code is hosted on Github, where you can also download the latest releases.

You can also build iText 7 Community from source.

We also have a Java tool that can help you debug PDFs:

  • itext-rups-x.y.z.jar RUPS is also hosted on Github

If you have an idea on how to improve iText 7 Community and you want to submit code, please read our Contribution Guidelines.

iText 7 is dual licensed as AGPL/Commercial software.

AGPL is a free / open source software license.

This doesn't mean the software is gratis!

Buying a license is mandatory as soon as you develop commercial activities distributing the iText software inside your product or deploying it on a network without disclosing the source code of your own applications under the AGPL license. These activities include:

  • offering paid services to customers as an ASP
  • serving PDFs on the fly in the cloud or in a web application
  • shipping iText with a closed source product

Contact sales for more info.