{"slug": "show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome", "title": "Show HN: Leafwright – Generate PDFs without running headless Chrome", "summary": "Leafwright launches a document workspace that generates PDFs without headless Chrome, offering AI-assisted drafting, brand controls, and a render API. The platform targets document teams needing on-brand exports at scale.", "body_md": "We propose a six-week engagement to rebuild Northwind's document system — templates, a brand kit, and an API-driven render pipeline so every export ships on-brand.\n\nDiscovery & audit$4,000\n\nDesign system$12,000\n\nTotal$16,000\n\nA live document, its review thread, and the render that ships it — one workspace.\n\nTrusted by document teams shipping at scale\n\nNorthwindLedgerlyCartographMeridianFieldnote\n\nWorkspace\n\nEverything a finished document needs, in one place.\n\nDraft with AI\n\nDescribe the document, audience, and key sections — get structured, on-brand output you can edit in the studio.\n\nBrand controls\n\nLock fonts, colors, and footers in a brand kit so every export stays consistent without manual cleanup.\n\nRender API\n\nGenerate PDFs programmatically with project keys, signed delivery URLs, webhooks, and automatic retries.\n\nReview & approve\n\nInline accessibility and print checks catch issues before a document is exported or shared.\n\nHow it works\n\nBuild documents without losing the operations layer.\n\n01\n\n01\n\nConnect\n\nCreate a project, generate API keys, and set delivery and webhook preferences.\n\n02\n\n02\n\nBuild\n\nDraft from a prompt or template, edit on the canvas, and preview the exact output.\n\n03\n\n03\n\nOperate\n\nTrack render jobs, logs, usage, and billing — from the dashboard or the API.\n\nAPI\n\nUse the dashboard, or call the API. Same engine.\n\nProjects, keys, jobs, delivery URLs, usage, and webhooks all share one model.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome", "canonical_source": "https://leafwright.co", "published_at": "2026-07-08 18:42:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 19:12:38.301138+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Leafwright", "Northwind", "Ledgerly", "Cartograph", "Meridian", "Fieldnote"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-leafwright-generate-pdfs-without-running-headless-chrome.jsonld"}}