XSL-FO Processors
From Print and Page Layout Community Group
Formatter license and type
Formatters may be broadly categorized as being one of several distinct types:
- Processor - Standalone processor
- Editor - Built into an editor or GUI
- Producer - Component that produces XSL-FO from another format
- Solution - Integrated solution known to use XSL-FO internally
In the table below, click on the symbol beside the column title to sort on that column.
| Product | License | Type |
|---|---|---|
| AltSoft Xml2PDF [1] | commercial | Processor |
| Antenna House Formatter [2] | commercial | Processor |
| Apache FOP [3] | open source | Processor |
| Asentis DocDesign [4] | commercial | Editor |
| Assentis DocBase [5] | commercial, uses RenderX | Solution |
| Cartago [6] | commercial, uses Compart & Apache FOP | Editor |
| Compart DocBridge Mill [7] | commercial | Processor |
| Ecrion Rendering Server [8] | commercial | Processor |
| Ecrion XF Designer [9] | commercial | Editor |
| Ibex PDF Creator [10] | commercial | Processor |
| i-DOCS [11] | commercial, uses Apache FOP | Solution |
| Inventivedesigners Scriptura [12] | commercial | Solution |
| Novosoft Rtf2FO [13] | commercial | Producer |
| RenderX XEP [14] | commercial | Processor |
| Thunderhead NOW [15] | commercial, uses Apache FOP | Solution |
| Unicorn Formatting Objects [16] | commercial | Processor |
| XMLmind XSL-FO converter [17] | commercial | Processor |
| xmlroff [18] | open source | Processor |
| XSLfast [19] | commercial, uses Apache FOP | Editor |
XSL-FO Processors: Output Formats
| XSL-FO Processor | PostScript | AFP | PCL5 | PCL6 | XPS | SVG | Bitmaps | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AltSoft Xml2PDF | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Antenna House Formatter | yes | option | - | - | - | option | option | - | MIF, INX |
| Apache FOP | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | - | yes | yes | RTF |
| Compart DocBridge Mill | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | HTML and more |
| Ecrion Rendering Server | yes | yes | yes | - | - | yes | yes | yes | PPT, Word, Silverlight, HTML |
| Ibex PDF Creator | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Inventivedesigners Scriptura | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes | yes | RTF, HTML and more |
| RenderX XEP | yes | yes | option | - | - | option | option | - | PPML, HTML |
| Unicorn Formatting Objects | - | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| XMLmind XSL-FO converter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | RTF, WordML, OOXML, ODF/ODT |
| xmlroff | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
No guarantees for accuracy of the above information! Please update as necessary!
