Templar
Turn your data into PDFs with one API call
Templar launched on May 5, 2026 with 2 votes, #6,288 of 20,538 launches that month.
What it does
PDF generation is painful. Puppeteer crashes, HTML templates, worker processes, file storage — hours wasted before building the actual feature. Templar fixes this with one API call: → Describe your document → AI generates the template → Send your data → Get a PDF URL back No Puppeteer. No storage setup. No worker processes. Invoices, reports, contracts, receipts, anything your backend needs in seconds.
Design PDF templates visually, generate PDFs at scale with a developer-friendly REST API. Mustache, AI template generation, and sub-second renders.
Design templates visually, generate documents via a single API call, and automate your entire PDF workflow. Built for developers who ship fast. Describe the document you need in plain English. Templar's AI generates a fully functional HTML template with layout, dynamic fields, and styling ready to use in seconds. A code-first HTML template editor with live preview. Write standard HTML and CSS, use dynamic variables, and see your PDF render in real time no visual canvas, just clean code. <div class="invoice"> <header> <h1>Invoice {{invoice_no}} </h1> <p class="client"> {{client_name}} </p> </header> <table class="line-items"> {{#each items}} <tr> <td> {{description}} </td> <td> {{amount}}…from templar.odysii.in
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