SnaPDF Web

Website for SnaPDF: save any JavaScript-rendered page as a PDF or plain text file. Paste a ChatGPT or Claude share link, pick your settings, and download in seconds.

Built with Nuxt 4, deployed on Vercel.

Features

• Converts any JS-rendered page (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to PDF or plain text
• Handles virtual scroll and lazy-loaded content, so every message is captured
• PDF options: page size (Letter/A4), margin, landscape orientation
• Selectively hide user prompts or assistant responses
• CSS selector override for custom content targeting
• In-session history with inline preview and re-download
• Light/dark/system color mode
• Auto-detects Letter vs A4 based on browser locale

API

GET /api/convert: streams progress over SSE, then delivers the file as a base64 payload.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	-	Page URL to convert (required)
format	pdf | txt	pdf	Output format
pageSize	letter | a4	letter	PDF page size
margin	number	36	PDF margin in points
landscape	boolean	false	Landscape orientation
hideUserInput	boolean	false	Omit user messages
hideAssistantOutput	boolean	false	Omit assistant messages
selector	string	-	CSS selector for content nodes

SSE event types: progress · complete · error

Development

npm install
npm run dev        # nuxt dev

To test with Vercel Functions locally:

npm run build
vercel dev

Scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Start dev server
npm run build	Production build
npm run lint	Lint with ESLint
npm run fix	Auto-fix lint issues
npm test	Run tests (Vitest)
npm run typecheck	Type-check with vue-tsc
npm run release:patch	Bump patch version and push tags

Deployment

Deploys automatically to Vercel on push to main. Functions are configured with a 300s max duration to accommodate long-running Puppeteer jobs.

On Vercel, @sparticuz/chromium provides a serverless-compatible Chromium binary. Set PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true in your Vercel environment variables.

CLI

SnaPDF is also available as a standalone CLI tool:

npm install -g snapdf
snapdf <url> [options]

See npmjs.com/package/snapdf for full CLI docs.

License

The code is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.

The app's name, logo, and icons, and the original artwork in this repository, are not covered by that license and remain all rights reserved. If you fork it, please give your version its own name and look.