artworkPDF

artworkPDF

WYSIWYG label & packaging artwork editor for the Print With Synergy stack. Full flexo support: spot/Pantone, white/varnish/dieline/technical separations, flexo distortion compensation, variable data, structural dielines (CF2/DDES/ARD). PDF/X-4 output via pdf-lib + Ghostscript.

Workflow: create → lint → trap → step-and-repeat → RIP

Self-hostable OSS engine. Hosted at artworkpdf.com.

Quick start (Docker)

docker compose up -d
curl http://localhost:3001/healthz

Quick start (Node)

pnpm install
pnpm build
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost/artworkpdf pnpm --filter @artworkpdf/service start

Submit a render job

curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/jobs \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"document":{"layers":[]},"output":{"format":"pdf-x4"}}'

Architecture

See ARCHITECTURE.md.

Embedding the editor

The WYSIWYG canvas ships as a host-customizable React package @printwithsynergy/artwork-pdf-editor so other apps (Next.js routes, Astro pages, Remix, plain React) can mount it without an iframe:

import {
  EditorApp,
  getDefaultTemplate,
  templateToInitialState,
} from "@printwithsynergy/artwork-pdf-editor";

const { objects, pageSize } = templateToInitialState(getDefaultTemplate());

<EditorApp
  demo
  initialPhase="editor"
  initialObjects={objects}
  initialPageSize={pageSize}
  bleedMm={3.175}                                  // 0.125 in
  config={{ enable_separations_panel: false }}     // disable any feature
  topBar={{
    logo: <img src="/my-logo.svg" alt="Acme" />,
    extraButtons: [{ label: "← Back", href: "/" }],
  }}
/>

Full prop reference: packages/editor-app/src/lib/editor-config.ts and packages/editor-app/src/components/TopBar.tsx.

Hosts without a backend (offline editors, marketing demos) import NO_BACKEND_DEFAULTS to disable every panel that needs a host adapter — PANTONE search, AI generators, lint findings, etc. — so the visible surface only includes panels that work in-browser. The artworkpdf.com demo is a stock install of this preset; see packages/editor-app/README.md.

AGPL §13 Network Use

If you run artworkPDF as a network service (SaaS), you must make the complete corresponding source available. The /source HTTP route on any running instance resolves to the source archive for the running commit: https://github.com/printwithsynergy/artwork-pdf/archive/<sha>.tar.gz

A source link also appears in the editor footer.

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later. Copyright © 2024–2026 Print with Synergy.