SSRS2 MCP server

SSRS2 — Cross-Platform RDLC Report Engine for .NET

Run the RDLC reports you already have on any platform: PDF, Excel, Word, HTML and images, laid out as Microsoft's Report Viewer lays them out.

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Drop-in replacement for the LocalReport of Microsoft's Report Viewer — runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. No GDI+ and no libgdiplus: on Linux it needs only fontconfig, which most systems have (the official .NET Docker images need libfontconfig1, see below).

Quick Start

dotnet add package SSRS2.NETCore

using SSRS2.Reporting.NETCore;

var report = new LocalReport();
report.LoadReportDefinition(rdlcStream);
report.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Data", yourData));

byte[] pdf = report.Render("PDF");

Your existing .rdlc files work without modification, and your LocalReport code keeps working once its namespace is changed.

In a Linux container, add fontconfig, which the official .NET images lack:

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libfontconfig1 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Free trial — works without a license key. Output includes a small watermark until activated.

Buy a licence at ssrs2.net/pricing: the key arrives by email within a minute. Set it as the SSRS2_LICENSE environment variable or call Ssrs2.License.Activate("your-key").

Try it in the browser — the online designer (beta) opens your .rdlc, previews it as SSRS2 renders it on Linux and exports PDF, Excel or Word. No install; an account is only needed to save reports online.

Why SSRS2?

Microsoft's Report Viewer runs on .NET Framework and Windows only, and has no .NET 8, 9 or 10 version (checked 2026-10-01). Microsoft points to Power BI paginated reports instead, which come with Power BI Pro at USD 14 per user per month. If you have existing RDLC reports and need to run them on modern .NET, your options are limited:

Export Formats

Beyond rendering

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.