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Internet access is not always available. Conference Wi-Fi fails under the load of a thousand developers. Flights have no connectivity, or charge exorbitant rates for a trickle of bandwidth. Coffee shops have unreliable connections. Trains pass through tunnels. And when you are deep in a debugging session or building something new, the last thing you need is to discover that the documentation page you rely on is unreachable.
Beyond connectivity, documentation pages change. APIs evolve, functions get deprecated, and entire sections get rewritten between versions. The page you referenced last week may say something different today. Version-specific documentation is sometimes available, but not always easy to navigate — and some documentation sites only show the latest version. A PDF captures the exact state of the documentation at the moment you saved it, giving you a reliable reference that will not shift under your feet.
Documentation pages also move. Projects migrate from one hosting platform to another, reorganize their URL structure, or sunset older versions entirely. Bookmarks break. Search results lead to 404 pages. A locally saved PDF is immune to link rot. It lives on your machine, in your cloud storage, or in your project folder, accessible regardless of what happens to the original URL.
There is also the reading experience. Documentation sites are designed for online browsing, with navigation sidebars, version selectors, search bars, cookie banners, and promotional elements surrounding the actual content. When you print or save these pages with your browser, all of that chrome comes along. Pretty PDF strips it away, leaving you with just the documentation content — headings, explanations, code examples, tables, and parameter lists — formatted for focused reading.
Pretty PDF works with any documentation site. Here are some of the most popular developer documentation platforms it handles well.
Mozilla's comprehensive web technology reference. HTML elements, CSS properties, JavaScript APIs, Web APIs — all captured with code examples and browser compatibility tables intact.
The most popular documentation hosting platform for open-source projects. Sphinx-generated content, admonition boxes, autodoc API output, and cross-references are all preserved.
Python docs, Rust docs (docs.rs), Go docs (pkg.go.dev), Ruby docs, PHP manual — official language documentation with API signatures, examples, and parameter tables.
React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Laravel, Django, Rails — framework guides with component examples, configuration references, and tutorial content.
Swagger/OpenAPI docs, Stripe API, AWS SDK references, Twilio, SendGrid — API documentation with endpoint descriptions, request/response examples, and authentication guides.
Pretty PDF is not limited to specific platforms. Any documentation page rendered in your browser can be captured and converted. If you can read it, Pretty PDF can save it as a clean PDF.
Documentation has unique content patterns that generic PDF tools mishandle. Pretty PDF is built to preserve them.
Code examples are the core of technical documentation. Pretty PDF renders them in JetBrains Mono with proper indentation, line breaks, and structure. Multi-line code blocks, inline code snippets, and syntax formatting are all maintained exactly as they appear on the page.
API parameter tables, browser compatibility matrices, configuration option lists — documentation relies heavily on tables. Pretty PDF preserves table structure, column alignment, header rows, and cell content without collapsing or misaligning columns.
Documentation sites surround content with navigation sidebars, version selectors, search bars, table-of-contents panels, and breadcrumb trails. Pretty PDF strips these UI elements and extracts only the documentation content, giving you a focused, readable PDF.
The result is a PDF that contains exactly what you came for: the documentation heading, explanatory text, code examples, tables, parameter lists, and any diagrams or images. No cookie banners, no "edit this page" buttons, no promotional sidebars — just the reference material you need.
From any documentation page to an offline-ready PDF in seconds.
Navigate to the documentation page you want to save. This works with MDN Web Docs, ReadTheDocs, Python docs, React docs, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Vue, Rust, Go, Ruby, Laravel, Django, and any other documentation site you use.
Click the Pretty PDF icon in your browser toolbar. The extension captures the documentation page content — code examples, tables, headings, and explanatory text — while stripping navigation sidebars, version selectors, and site chrome.
Choose your preferred template and click Generate PDF. Download a clean, searchable PDF with code blocks preserved in monospace formatting, tables properly aligned, and content structured for offline reference.
Pretty PDF includes five professionally designed templates. Each one renders code blocks in JetBrains Mono and preserves table formatting, but they differ in visual style and reading experience. Here is how they compare for documentation content.
Academic template. The Academic template provides a structured, scholarly layout with clear heading hierarchy, generous margins, and a serif-accented design. It works particularly well for comprehensive API references, language specifications, and any documentation that reads like a reference manual. The structured feel makes long documents easy to navigate and annotate.
Dark template. The Dark template uses light text on a dark background, matching the aesthetic of most developer tools, terminal emulators, and IDE themes. Code blocks blend naturally into the page rather than appearing as highlighted inserts. If you spend most of your time in a dark-themed editor, this template provides visual continuity. It is especially effective for code-heavy documentation where examples make up a significant portion of the page.
Clean template. The Clean template is the universal default — a light background with clear typography and balanced spacing. It works well for any documentation type and is the safest choice when you are not sure which template to pick. Code blocks are clearly delineated with a subtle background, and tables have clean borders. This template prints well on paper and looks good on screen.
Minimal and Corporate templates. The Minimal template strips styling to the essentials, ideal for documentation you plan to incorporate into your own materials. The Corporate template adds professional polish with structured headers and a business-appropriate aesthetic, suitable for sharing technical documentation with non-developer stakeholders or including in project deliverables.
The Pretty PDF extension saves one page at a time, which is perfect for grabbing a specific reference page before a flight or saving the documentation for a function you are actively using. But sometimes you need more than one page. You need an entire section of a framework's documentation, or the complete API reference for a library you depend on, or a set of guides you want to read offline during a conference.
The Pretty PDF API makes this straightforward. Available on Pro+ plans, the API accepts a URL or raw HTML and returns a PDF. You can write a simple script — in Python, JavaScript, Bash, or any language with HTTP support — that iterates over a list of documentation URLs and calls the API for each one. The result is a folder of clean, consistently formatted PDFs that you can take anywhere.
For example, you could save every page in the React Hooks documentation, the entire FastAPI tutorial section, or the complete Tailwind CSS utility reference. Each PDF is generated with the same template and settings, giving you a consistent offline documentation bundle. You can organize them by topic, version, or project — whatever structure makes sense for your workflow.
The API also accepts raw HTML, which means you can preprocess documentation before conversion. Strip sections you do not need, combine multiple short pages into a single document, or add your own annotations. The API converts whatever HTML you send into a styled PDF, giving you full control over the output.
Check out the API documentation for endpoint details, authentication, and code examples in multiple languages.
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