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Prince vs Gotenberg: catalog facts
Prince	Gotenberg
Paid Commercial licences are sold on the website; a download is available to try it.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
macOS, Command line	Self-hosted
Detailed CSS paged-media layout Wide script and font support	Chromium and LibreOffice bundled in one container Converts 100+ office formats as well as HTML and Markdown
Commercial licence required Layout is driven by CSS rather than a visual editor	API only, with no graphical interface Requires Docker and some developer knowledge
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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