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Prince vs WeasyPrint: catalog facts
Prince	WeasyPrint
Paid Commercial licences are sold on the website; a download is available to try it.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence; paid support packages are offered.
macOS, Command line	Command line
Detailed CSS paged-media layout Wide script and font support	Uses standard HTML and CSS print features No browser engine needed
Commercial licence required Layout is driven by CSS rather than a visual editor	Requires a Python 3.10+ environment Aimed at developers rather than casual PDF conversion
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
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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