Convert HTML pages and URLs into accessible PDF/UA documents with Google Headless Chrome and PDFix SDK -100% Free, 100% Local
PDFix integrates Google Headless Chrome for HTML-to-PDF conversion, enhanced with PDFix SDK accessibility features to generate PDF/UA-compliant documents.
Meet PDFix Desktop + Google Chrome: Modern HTML-to-PDF with Accessibility
- 100% Free & Local: Zero costs with complete local processing
- Modern Web Support: Full CSS3, Flexbox, CSS Grid, and JavaScript support
- PDF/UA Generation: Automatic structure tagging for accessibility compliance
- Chrome Rendering Engine: Pixel-perfect output matching Chrome’s print preview
- URL & HTML Conversion: Process live websites or local HTML files
- Batch Processing: Convert multiple pages or entire document collections automatically
- Complete Privacy: All processing happens locally – no cloud dependencies

How It Works: Choose Your Path
For PDFix Desktop Users
Perfect for content managers, web archivists, and document specialists.
- Download PDFix Desktop
- 🐳 Install Docker Desktop First!
- Open PDFix Desktop and pull the docker via Action Manager (one-time set up) → HTML to PDF
- Upload a PDF to PDFix Desktop → Run action
For PDFix SDK Users & Developers
Perfect for automated workflows, web applications, and content management systems.
- Automated Pipeline Integration
- Build HTML-to-PDF conversion into your web applications, content management systems, or documentation pipelines using PDFix SDK.
- Resources for SDK Integration:
- 📦 Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/pdfix/convert-html-to-pdf
- 💻 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/pdfix/action-convert-html-to-pdf-docker
- SDK Benefits
- Programmatic HTML/URL conversion
- Integrate with CMS and web applications
- Automated documentation generation
- Batch process unlimited volumes
- Custom rendering parameters
🖥️ Local & Free → Google Headless Chrome
- No internet required
- Zero recurring costs
- Complete privacy
- Unlimited conversion
- Fast rendering
- Open source
The Technology Behind It
- Google Headless Chrome
- Chrome’s rendering engine running in headless mode provides pixel-perfect HTML-to-PDF conversion with full modern web standard support
- The same engine that powers billions of web browsing sessions ensures your PDFs look exactly like the Chrome print preview.
- PDFix SDK Integration
- The Dockerized solution combines Chrome’s rendering with PDFix’s accessibility features:
- HTML Parsing
- Structure Enhancement
- Accessibility Features
- Batch Automation
- The Dockerized solution combines Chrome’s rendering with PDFix’s accessibility features:
Resources
- Getting Started Guide: https://pdfix.net/user-guide-external-actions/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pdfix/action-convert-html-to-pdf-docker
- Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/pdfix/convert-html-to-pdf
Actions
| 🆓 🖥️ [Free][Local] | Convert HTML to PDF (Chrome) | Converts HTML to PDF [Local] |
| 🆓 🖥️ [Free][Local] | Convert URL to PDF (Chrome) | Converts URL to PDF [Local] |









