# PDF::Writer officially retired in favor of Prawn

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-officially-retired-in-favor-of-prawn/187009>\
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**Created:** [April 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-officially-retired-in-favor-of-prawn/187009 "2010-04-15T17:24:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-officially-retired-in-favor-of-prawn/187009/1 "2010-04-15T17:24:11Z")

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I have an announcement to make: PDF::Writer is  
officially no longer supported or recommended in any way, please use  
Prawn instead:

> **[GitHub - practicingruby/prawn: THIS REPOSITORY HAS MOVED TO:](https://github.com/practicingruby/prawn)**
>
> THIS REPOSITORY HAS MOVED TO:. Contribute to practicingruby/prawn development by creating an account on GitHub.

Prawn, (the spiritual successor to PDF::Writer) is in the final  
planning stages for our sprint to 1.0. We are currently in the  
discussion phase about that, but will have a clear roadmap set up by  
May 1st, with a 1.0 release of Prawn in mid-July.

Prawn 1.0 will ship with tools and/or documentation to help you make  
the transition from PDF::Writer, possibly even including an API  
compatibility layer (but this is yet to be determined).

Please come join us on the Prawn mailing list to discuss your concerns  
and needs for Prawn 1.0. We will be happy to help you make the  
transition. In particular, participate in this discussion about the  
1.0 draft spec:

[http://groups.google.com/group/prawn-ruby/browse\_thread/thread/676ee6da768786c1](http://groups.google.com/group/prawn-ruby/browse_thread/thread/676ee6da768786c1)

Should you have an absolute need for PDF::Writer, and cannot make the  
jump, the best place to fork the code from and move forward with it is  
my git repository at:

> **[GitHub - practicingruby/pdf-writer: PDF::Writer for Ruby. Use Prawn instead.](https://github.com/practicingruby/pdf-writer)**
>
> PDF::Writer for Ruby. Use Prawn instead. Contribute to practicingruby/pdf-writer development by creating an account on GitHub.

But be sure to note that I will not support PDF::Writer at all anymore  
except in cases of legal matters, giant security issues, etc. I will  
however, keep all of the resources online for archival purposes.

Austin Z. set the gears in motion a long time ago for making Ruby  
a top rate platform for PDF generation. But with the benefit of  
hindsight, we believe you’ll find Prawn is much closer to realizing  
this goal. Please join us, and help our community move forward.

-greg