---
title: "Dropflow"
description: "Standalone CSS layout engine for Node and canvas handling inlines, floats, positioning and bidi text, rendering to PDF or images."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/dropflow-vg-0352"
category: "Community Finds"
subcategory: "Layout engines"
license: "MIT"
author: "Caleb Hearon (@chearon)"
source: "https://github.com/chearon/dropflow"
---

# Dropflow
Standalone CSS layout engine for Node and canvas handling inlines, floats, positioning and bidi text, rendering to PDF or images.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/chearon/dropflow
- Category: Community Finds / Layout engines
- Author: Caleb Hearon (@chearon)
- Licence: MIT
- Tags: css, layout, node, pdf
## Why it's a gem
Server-side CSS layout without a headless browser; almost nobody knows this exists
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/dropflow-vg-0352 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/dropflow-vg-0352