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SoulDoc
Document Layout Engine. One document model Six useful output
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.
Congrats on shipping this! One document model exporting to HTML, PDF, DOCX, XLSX and more is a really elegant approach — nice work 📄
About SoulDoc on Product Hunt
“Document Layout Engine. One document model Six useful output”
SoulDoc was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #83 on the daily leaderboard. 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.
SoulDoc was featured in Productivity (657.7k followers), Open Source (68.7k followers), Developer Tools (517.1k followers) and GitHub (41.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 270.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted SoulDoc?
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Jandos Mámbetáli
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.