Show HN: Placecard.net – Free PDF Seating Cards with Puppeteer

12 points by cvbox 21 hours ago

Need printable seating cards for your event? Placecard.net lets you: Design seating cards in your browser (no signup) Auto-generate PDFs using Puppeteer (no manual drag-anddrop) 100% free for small events

Tech stack:

Next.js (frontend)

Puppeteer (PDF generation)

Hosted on Vercel (fast renders)

I built this after struggling with manual seating charts for my wedding. Now you can:

Upload guest names

Adjust layout (optional)

Click "Generate PDF" → Done!

No AI, no pricing tiers—just free PDF seating cards.

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