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SoulDoc
Document Layout Engine. One document model Six useful output
14 followers
Document Layout Engine. One document model Six useful output
14 followers
SoulDoc is a format-independent document layout engine for Python. Define content, tables, styles, geometry, and pagination once, then export the same model to HTML, native SVG, PDF, editable DOCX, visual XLSX, or versioned JSON. The core has no runtime dependencies; format-specific renderers are optional extras. Built for reporting, document editors, exports, and automation.
Hi Product Hunt — I’m Zhandos, the maker of SoulDoc.
I built SoulDoc after repeatedly running into the same problem: a Python application needs to generate several document formats, but every renderer wants a different data model and a different set of layout rules.
SoulDoc adds one format-independent document model between application data and the final files. You define content, tables, styles, geometry, and pagination once, then render it to:
• printable HTML and PDF
• native, editable SVG
• editable DOCX
• visual XLSX
• versioned JSON
The core has no runtime dependencies, and format-specific renderers are optional. Version 1.0.3 is available now on PyPI under the Apache-2.0 license.
I’d especially value feedback from people building reporting tools, document editors, invoicing systems, or export-heavy Python applications:
I’ll be here throughout the launch and will answer technical questions directly. Thanks for taking a look.
Pazi
Congrats on shipping this! One document model exporting to HTML, PDF, DOCX, XLSX and more is a really elegant approach — nice work 📄
@zvonimir_sabljic1 Thank you! I really appreciate it.
The main goal behind SoulDoc is exactly that: define a document only once, compute its layout once, and then render the same document to multiple output formats while preserving geometry and editability whenever possible.
Thanks for your support!