# Paged.js

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Paged.js and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free JavaScript library that adds CSS paged media printing to browsers, letting you typeset print layouts with open web standards.

## Why people recommend it

- Polyfills CSS paged media features (2 comments): "eventually allowing some truly great page-setting DX out-of-the box which it currently polyfills" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923873)) "a pretty good polyfill for [1]" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246491))
- Adds page features CSS lacks (2 comments): "eventually allowing some truly great page-setting DX out-of-the box which it currently polyfills" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923873)) "it's not possible to do automatic page numbers (including total page count) with CSS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581668))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyPDF](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinypdf.md): 6 recommend
- [WeasyPrint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/weasyprint.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Paged.js", https://hackerapproved.com/p/paged-js/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).