docs_gee 1.0.0

Pure Dart library for generating Microsoft Word DOCX and PDF documents. Create professional documents with rich formatting, tables, lists, and more. No native dependencies - works on iOS, Android, Web [...]

docs_gee

A pure Dart library for generating Microsoft Word (DOCX) and PDF documents. Create professional documents programmatically with rich formatting, tables, lists, and more - all from a single document model. Created and supported by Codigee.

Why docs_gee?

• Pure Dart - No native dependencies, works everywhere Dart runs
• Dual Format - Generate both DOCX and PDF from the same document model
• Cross-Platform - iOS, Android, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux
• Lightweight - Only one dependency (archive for ZIP)
• Simple API - Intuitive document builder pattern

Features

Feature	DOCX	PDF
Text formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough)	✅	✅
Text colors & highlighting	✅	✅
Headings (H1-H4)	✅	✅
Paragraph styles (subtitle, caption, quote, code, footnote)	✅	✅
Text alignment (left, center, right, justify)	✅	✅
Bullet & numbered lists	✅	✅
Nested lists (up to 9 levels)	✅	✅
Tables with borders & colors	✅	✅
Page breaks	✅	✅
Document metadata	✅	✅
Custom fonts	✅	✅
Emoji support	✅	-

Installation

dependencies:
  docs_gee: ^1.0.0

dart pub add docs_gee
# or
flutter pub add docs_gee

Quick Start

import 'dart:io';
import 'package:docs_gee/docs_gee.dart';

void main() {
  // Create document
  final doc = Document(title: 'My Report', author: 'John Doe');

  // Add content
  doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.heading('Quarterly Report', level: 1));
  doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.text('This report summarizes Q4 performance.'));

  // Add a table
  doc.addTable(Table(
    rows: [
      TableRow(cells: [
        TableCell.text('Metric', backgroundColor: 'E0E0E0'),
        TableCell.text('Value', backgroundColor: 'E0E0E0'),
      ]),
      TableRow(cells: [
        TableCell.text('Revenue'),
        TableCell.text('\$1.2M', alignment: Alignment.right),
      ]),
    ],
  ));

  // Generate both formats
  File('report.docx').writeAsBytesSync(DocxGenerator().generate(doc));
  File('report.pdf').writeAsBytesSync(PdfGenerator().generate(doc));
}

Usage Examples

Rich Text Formatting

doc.addParagraph(Paragraph(
  runs: [
    TextRun('Normal, '),
    TextRun('bold, ', bold: true),
    TextRun('italic, ', italic: true),
    TextRun('colored', color: 'FF0000'),
  ],
));

Lists

// Bullet list
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.bulletItem('First item'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.bulletItem('Second item'));

// Numbered list
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.numberedItem('Step one'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.numberedItem('Step two'));

// Nested list
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.bulletItem('Parent'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.bulletItem('Child', indentLevel: 1));

Tables

doc.addTable(Table(
  borders: TableBorders.all(),
  rows: [
    TableRow(cells: [
      TableCell.text('Name', backgroundColor: 'CCCCCC'),
      TableCell.text('Score', backgroundColor: 'CCCCCC'),
    ]),
    TableRow(cells: [
      TableCell.text('Alice'),
      TableCell.text('95', alignment: Alignment.right),
    ]),
  ],
));

Semantic Styles

doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.heading('Title', level: 1));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.subtitle('Document subtitle'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.quote('A famous quote...'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.codeBlock('const x = 42;'));
doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.caption('Figure 1: Chart'));

Page Breaks

doc.addParagraph(Paragraph.heading(
  'New Chapter',
  level: 1,
  pageBreakBefore: true,
));

Platform Support

Platform	Support
Android	✅
iOS	✅
Web	✅
macOS	✅
Windows	✅
Linux	✅

Web Usage

import 'dart:html' as html;

void downloadDocument(Uint8List bytes, String filename) {
  final blob = html.Blob([bytes]);
  final url = html.Url.createObjectUrlFromBlob(blob);
  html.AnchorElement(href: url)
    ..setAttribute('download', filename)
    ..click();
  html.Url.revokeObjectUrl(url);
}

Mobile Usage

import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
import 'package:share_plus/share_plus.dart';

Future<void> shareDocument(Uint8List bytes) async {
  final dir = await getTemporaryDirectory();
  final file = File('${dir.path}/document.docx');
  await file.writeAsBytes(bytes);
  await Share.shareXFiles([XFile(file.path)]);
}

API Reference

Main Classes

Class	Description
Document / DocxDocument	Document container with metadata
Paragraph / DocxParagraph	Paragraph with text runs and styling
TextRun / DocxRun	Text segment with formatting
Table / DocxTable	Table with rows and borders
TableRow / DocxTableRow	Table row with cells
TableCell / DocxTableCell	Table cell with content
DocxGenerator	Generates DOCX bytes
PdfGenerator	Generates PDF bytes

Paragraph Styles

Style	Method
Normal text	Paragraph.text('...')
Heading 1-4	Paragraph.heading('...', level: 1)
Subtitle	Paragraph.subtitle('...')
Caption	Paragraph.caption('...')
Quote	Paragraph.quote('...')
Code block	Paragraph.codeBlock('...')
Footnote	Paragraph.footnote('...')
Bullet list	Paragraph.bulletItem('...')
Dash list	Paragraph.dashItem('...')
Numbered list	Paragraph.numberedItem('...')
Alpha list	Paragraph.alphaItem('...')
Roman list	Paragraph.romanItem('...')

Text Formatting

Property	Type	Description
bold	bool	Bold text
italic	bool	Italic text
underline	bool	Underlined text
strikethrough	bool	Strikethrough text
color	String	Hex color (e.g., 'FF0000')
backgroundColor	String	Highlight color

Compatibility

Generated documents are compatible with:

• Microsoft Word 2007+
• Google Docs
• LibreOffice Writer
• Apple Pages
• WPS Office
• Any OOXML-compatible application

Requirements

• Dart SDK: >=3.0.0 <4.0.0
• Flutter: >=3.0.0 (if using with Flutter)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests on GitHub.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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