Gotenberg by gotenberg

A developer-friendly API for converting many document formats into PDF files, and more!

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Verdict 80/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 62015k docker pulls Last release 7 days ago

Self-host Gotenberg on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
80 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
12k
780 forks

About Gotenberg

From the project's README at github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Gotenberg A Docker-based API for converting documents to PDF

Documentation Live Demo <a href="https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/discussi

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
91
maturity
100
community
88
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
36

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 12k github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg
GitHub forks 780 github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg
Docker Hub pulls 62015k hub.docker.com / gotenberg

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age8.1 yearssince Mar 2018
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped130last: 7 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

2 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2026-27018.

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Ready to self-host Gotenberg?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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