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Papermake

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Papermake is an HTTP-based document generation server that generates PDFs from Typst templates.

Purpose

  • Centralized management of Typst templates
  • PDF generation through a REST API
  • Template version management
  • Generation history (Audit Trail) management
  • Provides a template repository similar to Docker Registry

Key features

  • Templates managed as code (Templates as Code)
    • Templates support immutable (Immutable) versions and mutable (Mutable) tags.
    • For example, invoice:v1.0.0 never changes once created, while invoice:latest can be updated to point to the newest version.
  • Server-side rendering (Server-side Rendering)
    • No need to install Typst in the client environment.
    • The server renders and returns the PDF with just an HTTP API call.
  • Content-addressable storage (Content-addressable Storage)
    • Stores templates keyed by their SHA-256 hash.
    • Identical templates are not stored twice, and storage space is managed efficiently in a Git-like way.
  • Full audit trail (Audit Trail)
    • Records the hashes of the input data and the output for every rendering job.
    • Every generated PDF can be traced exactly to the template and data it was generated from.
  • Self-hosting (Self-hostable)
    • Can be built and run in-house with just a single executable written in Rust, S3-compatible object storage, and ClickHouse.

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