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{{Short description|PDF file program}} {{Multiple issues| {{coi|date=July 2023}} {{Cite check|date=December 2014}} {{notability|Products|date=January 2018}}}} {{lowercase title}} {{Infobox software | name = iText | logo = Itextlogo.gif | logo size = 150px | screenshot = | caption = | developer = iText Group NV | released = 2000 | latest release version = 9.2.0 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|05|15}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kb.itextpdf.com/itext/release-itext-core-9-2-0|title=Release iText Suite 9.2.0|website=kb.itextpdf.com}}</ref> | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | repo = https://github.com/itext/ | programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] <!-- C# is added here because iTextSharp redirects to this page --> | operating system = [[Cross-platform]] | genre = Library | license = [[AGPLv3]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/itext/itext-java/blob/master/LICENSE.md |title=The 'LICENSE.md' file in iText source code repository |publisher=github.com/itext/itext-ava |access-date=2024-04-02}}</ref><br />[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br />[[Mozilla Public License|MPL]] (versions prior to iText 5 and 4.2.x) | website = {{URL|itextpdf.com}} }} '''iText''' is a [[Library (computer science)|library]] for creating and manipulating [[PDF|PDF files]] in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and .[[.NET|NET]]. It was created in 2000 and written by Bruno Lowagie. The source code was initially distributed as open source under the [[Mozilla Public License]] or the GNU Library General Public License open source licenses. However, as of version 5.0.0 (released Dec 7, 2009) and version 4.2.0 (released Jul 10, 2015) it is distributed under the [[GNU Affero General Public License]] version 3. A fork of the LGPL/MPL licensed version of iText is currently being actively maintained as the [[OpenPDF]] library on GitHub.<ref>{{cite web |title=The OpenPDF project on GitHub.com |url=https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/ |access-date=2017-02-27 |publisher=github.com}}</ref> iText is also available through a [[proprietary license]], distributed by iText Software NV. iText provides support for advanced PDF features such as [[Public key infrastructure|PKI]]-based signatures, 40-bit and 128-bit encryption, [[Color correction|colour correction]], Tagged PDF, PDF forms (AcroForms), PDF/X, [[Color management|colour management]] via [[International Color Consortium|ICC]] profiles, and [[Barcode|barcodes]], and is used by several products and services, including [[Eclipse BIRT]], [[Jasper Reports]], [[JBoss Seam]], [[Windward Reports]], and [[Pdftk]]. ==History== iText (formerly known as ''rugPDF'') was developed in the winter of 1998 as an in-house project at [[Ghent University]] to create [[PDF]] document applications for student administration. Preliminary versions could only initially read and write PDF files, and they required developers to be knowledgeable of [[PDF]] syntax, objects, operators, and operands to work with the library. Leonard Rosenthol, PDF Architect at [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]], lists iText as one of the early milestones in the history of the openness of PDF.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 2007 |title=pdf |url=http://pdf-pdf.blogspot.be/2007/11/pdf-adobe-acrobat-history.html |work=pdf-pdf.blogspot.be}}</ref> In 1999, Lowagie disbanded the rugPDF code and wrote a new library named iText. Lowagie created iText as a library that Java developers could use to create PDF documents without knowing PDF syntax and released it as a [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) product on February 14, 2000. In the summer of 2000, Paulo Soares joined the project and is now considered one of the main developers. In late 2008, iText became available for proprietary license, and in early 2009, iText Software Corp. was formed to be the worldwide licensor of iText products.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feature article in Wereldwijs, a monthly magazine by Flanders Investment and Trade (in Dutch) |url=http://epub01.publitas.com/173/34/ |access-date=2013-10-26 |publisher=Epub01.publitas.com}}</ref> iText has since been ported to the [[.NET Framework]] under the name iTextSharp, written in [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]. While it has a separate code base, it is synchronised to the main iText release schedule. ==ISO standards support== iText adheres to most modern-day PDF standards, including: * ISO 32000-1 (PDF 1.7) * ISO 32000-2 (PDF-2.0) * ISO 19005-1 ([[PDF/A]]-1) * ISO 19005-2 ([[PDF/A]]-2) * ISO 19005-3 ([[PDF/A]]-3)<ref>{{cite web |author=PDF Association |url=http://www.pdfa.org/news/how-to-create-pdfa-3-using-itext |title=How to create PDF/A-3 using iText |publisher=Pdfa.org |date=2013-06-06 |access-date=2013-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003152441/http://www.pdfa.org/news/how-to-create-pdfa-3-using-itext/ |archive-date=2013-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ISO 19005-4 ([[PDF/A]]-4) * ISO 14289-1 ([[PDF/UA]]-1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://duff-johnson.com/2013/02/19/itext-bringing-pdfua-support-to-java-implementations/|title=iText bringing PDF/UA support to Java Implementations|work=duff-johnson.com}}</ref> * ISO 14289-2 ([[PDF/UA]]-2) ===Extensions on ISO 32000-2=== * ISO 32001 * ISO 32002 * ISO 32003 * ISO 32004 ==Licensing== iText was originally released under the MPL/LGPL. On December 1, 2009, with the release of iText 5, the license was switched to the [[GNU Affero General Public License]] version 3. Projects that did not want to provide their source code (as required by the AGPL) could either purchase a commercial license to iText 5 or continue using previous versions of iText under the MPL/LGPL. iText Group NV claims that during the due diligence process to prepare for iText 5, several IP issues with iText 2 were discovered and fixed. == Forks == * [[OpenPDF]] is an active open source project released under [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] and [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]]. ==Commendations and Awards== In 2007, ''SOA World Magazine'' listed iText as "One of the ten open-source solutions enterprises should be using."<ref>{{cite web |title=SOA World Magazine |url=http://soa.sys-con.com/node/368028?page=0,1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118000913/http://soa.sys-con.com/node/368028?page=0,1 |archive-date=2016-11-18 |access-date=2013-10-26 |publisher=Soa.sys-con.com}}</ref> [[James Gosling]] praised the iText library, using it in a new edition of Huckster.<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-09-20 |title=James Gosling praises iText |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/jag/entry/thanks_to_the_itext_folks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215200029/https://blogs.oracle.com/jag/entry/thanks_to_the_itext_folks |archive-date=2013-12-15 |access-date=2013-10-26 |publisher=Blogs.oracle.com}}</ref> In 2011, iText was featured at [[Devoxx]], a community conference for Java developers.<ref>{{cite web |title=iText - Devoxx 2011 - Devoxx |url=http://www.devoxx.com/display/DV11/iText |work=devoxx.com}}</ref> In 2013, Deloitte nominated the iText Software Group for the Technology Fast 50 Award in the Benelux. The company was ranked 10th in the Benelux and 3rd in Belgium.<ref>[http://actueel.deloitte.nl/media/316749/fast50_ranking_2013.pdf Ranking Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Benelux] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174454/http://actueel.deloitte.nl/media/316749/fast50_ranking_2013.pdf|date=2013-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Pieterjan Van Leemputten |date=11 October 2013 |title=Tien Belgen in Deloitte Technology Fast50 |url=http://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/tien-belgen-in-deloitte-technology-fast50/article-4000420777148.htm |work=knack.be}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=De 5 Belgische digitale start-ups met de snelste groei |url=http://www.digimedia.be/content.php?lng=nl&rubric=News&id=15296 |work=digimedia.be}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deloitte's Fast 50 Newspaper article |url=http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Belgium/Local%20Assets/Documents/NL/Fast50/Krant%20van%20West%20Vlaanderen_Ieper%20heeft%20studenten%20en%20betere%20verbinding%20nod....pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019042925/http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Belgium/Local%20Assets/Documents/NL/Fast50/Krant%20van%20West%20Vlaanderen_Ieper%20heeft%20studenten%20en%20betere%20verbinding%20nod....pdf |archive-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> In 2014, iText won the BelCham Entrepreneurship Award in the category "Most Promising Company of the Year"<ref>{{cite web |title=BELCHAM "In the News". Press active in covering last night's Annual Gala - BelCham |url=http://www.belcham.org/content/belcham-news-press-active-covering-last-nights-annual-gala |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024124354/http://www.belcham.org/content/belcham-news-press-active-covering-last-nights-annual-gala |archive-date=2014-10-24 |work=belcham.org}}</ref> and [[Deloitte]] recognized iText Group NV as the fastest growing technology company in Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |title=iText Group wins Deloitte Technology Fast50 |url=http://www2.deloitte.com/be/en/pages/technology/topics/fast50/pressrelease-fast50214.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024125905/http://www2.deloitte.com/be/en/pages/technology/topics/fast50/pressrelease-fast50214.html |archive-date=2014-10-24 |work=Deloitte Belgium}}</ref> Subsequently, the company was ranked #28 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in the EMEA region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Technology-Media-Telecommunications/gx-tmt-emea-f500-2014-ranking.pdf|title=Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 500: Powerful Connections|publisher=Deloitte|date=2014}}</ref> iText was also featured on the PDF Days in Cologne, Washington DC and New York, on Java One in San Francisco, and on Devoxx in Antwerp. In 2017, iText won the International Business Awards "Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year - under 100 employees 2017".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stevieawards.com/|title=The Stevie® Awards|website=stevieawards.com}}</ref> In 2017/18, the ITEXT GROUP won "The ELITE Award for Growth Strategy of the Year".<ref name="eba"/> In 2019, iText won a Silver Stevie in the American Business Awards for "Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year - under 100 employees".<ref>{{Cite web |last=PDF |first=iText |date=2019-05-06 |title=Silver Stevie for Most Innovative Tech Company of 2019 |url=https://itextpdf.com/en/awards/2019/silver-stevie-most-innovative-tech-company-2019 |access-date=2020-06-10 |website=iText PDF |language=en}}</ref> iText was also a National Winner of "Growth Strategy of the Year" at the European Business Awards.<ref name="eba">{{Cite web |title=The European Business Awards |url=https://www.businessawardseurope.com/ |access-date=2020-06-10 |website=businessawardseurope.com |language=en}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} *[[List of PDF software]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book | title = iText in Action | last = Lowagie | first = Bruno | author-link = Bruno Lowagie | date = Summer 2010 | edition = 2nd | publisher = [[Manning Publications]] | isbn = 978-1-935182-61-0 | page = 600 }} *{{cite book | title = iText in Action | last = Lowagie | first = Bruno | author-link = Bruno Lowagie | date = 8 December 2006 | edition = 1st | publisher = [[Manning Publications]] | isbn = 1-932394-79-6 | page = 656 }} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170112055535/http://www.javalobby.org/articles/itext-in-action/ Review first edition on JavaLobby]}} by Stephen Kitt *[http://www.freiesmagazin.de/ftp/2010/freiesMagazin-2010-12.pdf#page=50 Review second edition in Freies Magazin] by Michael Niedermai *[http://www.adobepress.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=420686 Tools of the Trade, Part 1: Creating PDF documents with iText] by Jeff Friesen (Adobe Press) ==External links== *{{official|https://itextpdf.com }} [[Category:Free PDF software]] [[Category:Free typesetting software]] [[Category:Java (programming language) libraries]] [[Category:C Sharp libraries]] [[Category:Software using the GNU Affero General Public License]]
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