Carbone Document Engine
Template-based report and document generator
Carbone is an open-source report generator that merges JSON data into DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, and PDF templates. It powers automated document and invoice generation.
Key features
- Template-based document merge
- DOCX, XLSX, and PDF output
- JSON data injection
- Self-hostable rendering
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (2.1k GitHub stars)
- Written in JavaScript
Carbone Document Engine replaces
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