Techprimate TPPDF by Techprimate

TPPDF is a simple-to-use PDF builder for iOS and macOS written in Swift

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Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 4 months ago

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

Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
826
133 forks

About Techprimate TPPDF

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

TPPDF is a fast PDF builder for iOS & macOS using simple commands to create advanced documents!

Created and maintained by Philip Niedertscheider and all the amazing contributors .

Health score breakdown

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

activity
79
maturity
100
community
85
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
26

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 826 github.com/Techprimate/TPPDF
GitHub forks 133 github.com/Techprimate/TPPDF

Release & maintenance

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

Project age9.7 yearssince Aug 2016
Last commit2 months agoMar 11, 2026
Releases shipped32last: 4 months ago
Funding links2declared 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 →

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