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30 open-source projects similar to mstamy2/pypdf2, ranked by shared indexed features. Tags may describe platforms or build tools rather than the same primary purpose. Check each project’s use case, license, and deployment requirements before treating it as a replacement.

  • py-pdf/pypdfpy-pdf avatar

    py-pdf/pypdf

    9,818View on GitHub↗

    pypdf is a Python library for parsing, manipulating, and generating PDF documents. It provides high-level operations for document processing, such as merging multiple files into one or splitting a single document into smaller files. The project includes specialized tools for managing interactive elements, including the creation and modification of annotations, hyperlinks, and form fields. It also supports advanced metadata management, allowing for the extraction and modification of standard document properties and XML-based XMP metadata. Beyond basic structural changes, the library covers pa

    Pythonhelp-wantedpdfpdf-documents
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  • pymupdf/pymupdfpymupdf avatar

    pymupdf/PyMuPDF

    9,086View on GitHub↗

    PyMuPDF is a comprehensive PDF manipulation library and document analysis tool. It serves as a text extraction tool, OCR engine, and image converter, providing a programmatic interface to edit, merge, split, and optimize PDF and Office documents. The project distinguishes itself through high-performance capabilities, including the use of C-bindings for low-level manipulation and parallelized page processing to accelerate workloads. It provides specialized conversion paths, such as transforming PDF content into Markdown for retrieval-augmented generation and large language model pipelines. It

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  • pdfcpu/pdfcpupdfcpu avatar

    pdfcpu/pdfcpu

    8,675View on GitHub↗

    pdfcpu is a Go PDF processing library and command-line interface designed for programmatically manipulating, optimizing, and validating PDF files. It provides a toolkit for document content modification and structural management. The project distinguishes itself as an optimization tool and layout engine, capable of reducing file sizes and improving loading speeds by streamlining internal structures. It also functions as a security manager, providing password-based encryption, decryption, and digital signature verification. Its capability surface includes page management for merging, splittin

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    py-pdf/PyPDF2

    10,094View on GitHub↗

    PyPDF2 is a pure Python library for transforming, securing, and extracting data from PDF documents. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools to modify page layouts, manage document security, and retrieve embedded metadata without relying on external C libraries. The toolkit enables document assembly through the merging of multiple files and the splitting of documents into smaller parts. It also supports page-level transformations, including the ability to rotate pages and adjust visible crop areas. The library includes capabilities for security management via password-based encryption and

    Python
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  • unidoc/uniofficeunidoc avatar

    unidoc/unioffice

    4,809View on GitHub↗

    unioffice is a comprehensive document processing suite that provides a PDF document processor, an Open XML document library, a document security toolkit, and a document content extractor. It is designed to programmatically create, read, and modify Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, as well as generate and edit PDF documents. The project is distinguished by its native language implementation of the Open XML standard, which removes native binary dependencies to simplify container deployments. It features advanced capabilities for digital document security, including hardware-based PDF signing,

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  • torakiki/pdfsamtorakiki avatar

    torakiki/pdfsam

    4,457View on GitHub↗

    pdfsam is a PDF manipulation software and desktop application designed for splitting, merging, rotating, and extracting pages from PDF documents. It functions as a PDF editor, converter, and security tool, providing capabilities to modify document structures and manage file formats. The project distinguishes itself through specialized processing capabilities, including an OCR document processor for extracting editable text from scanned images and PDF interleaving to alternate pages from multiple files. It also provides a security suite for encrypting documents, managing access permissions, an

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  • librepdf/openpdfLibrePDF avatar

    LibrePDF/OpenPDF

    4,293View on GitHub↗

    OpenPDF is a Java library and document processor used for creating, editing, rendering, and encrypting PDF documents. It functions as a toolkit for generating new files from scratch, modifying existing document structures, and extracting text content. The project includes a dedicated engine for transforming HTML and CSS content into PDF documents by parsing markup and applying styles. It also provides a rendering engine to convert PDF pages into image formats for thumbnails and previews, alongside a security utility for protecting content via document encryption. The library supports the add

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  • qpdf/qpdfqpdf avatar

    qpdf/qpdf

    4,780View on GitHub↗

    qpdf is a collection of specialized utility tools for the structural transformation, metadata inspection, file optimization, and cryptographic management of PDF documents. It provides a command line tool for transforming and inspecting internal PDF structures, a structural transformer for reorganizing pages and merging documents, and an encryption engine for managing passwords and restrictions. The project distinguishes itself through a technical approach to document manipulation, utilizing an object-based structural representation to modify files as a graph of unique objects. It includes a m

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  • stirling-tools/stirling-pdfStirling-Tools avatar

    Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

    81,109View on GitHub↗

    Stirling-PDF is a self-hosted document processing suite designed for secure, private file management. It functions as a comprehensive transformation engine that executes complex operations—such as merging, splitting, converting, and redacting documents—directly on the host machine. The platform provides both a browser-based interface for interactive editing and a programmatic, API-first architecture that allows for the automation of document workflows through standard HTTP requests. The project distinguishes itself through its focus on private, infrastructure-agnostic deployment and granular

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  • euske/pdfminereuske avatar

    euske/pdfminer

    5,290View on GitHub↗

    pdfminer is a Python library for parsing PDF files to extract text, analyze layouts, decrypt content, and convert documents into HTML or XML formats. It functions as a text extraction engine and layout analysis tool designed to retrieve characters and words while preserving the structural organization of the original document. The project provides utilities for converting PDF content into structured HTML or XML to maintain visual layout and a decryption tool for unlocking restricted documents using encryption keys. It identifies the positions and groupings of text elements to reconstruct page

    Python
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  • jsvine/pdfplumberjsvine avatar

    jsvine/pdfplumber

    9,732View on GitHub↗

    pdfplumber is a PDF data extraction library and layout analysis tool used to retrieve text, tables, and geometric objects from PDF files using precise coordinate-based analysis. It functions as a layout analyzer and table parser that identifies the bounding boxes and visual coordinates for every character and image on a page. The library distinguishes itself through visual debugging capabilities, allowing users to render PDF pages as images and draw annotations to verify the position of extracted data. It employs line and intersection analysis to identify cell structures and convert unstructu

    Pythonpdfpdf-parsingtable-extraction
    View on GitHub↗9,732
  • jung-kurt/gofpdfjung-kurt avatar

    jung-kurt/gofpdf

    4,468View on GitHub↗

    This is a Go-based PDF library used for the programmatic generation of PDF documents without relying on external C dependencies. It functions as a document generator, layout engine, security tool, and vector graphics engine for creating files containing text, images, and geometric shapes. The project distinguishes itself through a cell-based layout engine that manages automatic text wrapping, page breaks, and structured positioning. It provides specialized capabilities for vector graphics, including the rendering of Bézier curves and polygons, as well as a security toolkit for applying passwo

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  • opendatalab/pdf-extract-kitopendatalab avatar

    opendatalab/PDF-Extract-Kit

    9,724View on GitHub↗

    PDF-Extract-Kit is a document extraction toolkit designed to convert PDF documents into structured formats such as Markdown, HTML, and LaTeX. It functions as a multi-stage parsing framework that combines a document layout analyzer, a formula recognition engine, an OCR text extractor, and a table extraction system. The project focuses on recovering complex document elements by translating images of mathematical formulas and tabular structures into editable source code. It utilizes model-driven layout analysis to identify structural elements in reports and textbooks while ignoring noise like wa

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  • onlyoffice/desktopeditorsONLYOFFICE avatar

    ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors

    4,448View on GitHub↗

    DesktopEditors is an office suite application designed for creating and editing text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations across different operating systems. It serves as an OOXML compatible editor, ensuring that files are read and written according to Office Open XML standards for cross-platform document exchange. The suite functions as a collaborative document platform featuring real-time co-authoring, version tracking, and integrated communication tools. It also acts as an AI-powered document assistant and PDF editor, providing capabilities for content generation, automated spreadshe

    collaborationdesktopdocx
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  • wmjordan/pdfpatcherwmjordan avatar

    wmjordan/PDFPatcher

    12,486View on GitHub↗

    PDFPatcher is a specialized suite of PDF utility tools designed for editing navigational bookmarks, modifying document structure, managing metadata, and processing pages. It provides a toolkit for altering PDF structures and properties without changing the original content stream. The project is distinguished by its focus on bookmark management, featuring bulk editing and the ability to generate clickable bookmarks from visual tables of contents using optical character recognition. It also includes capabilities for font optimization through substitution and embedding to ensure consistent char

    C#pdfpdf-converterpdf-document-processor
    View on GitHub↗12,486
  • opensignlabs/opensignOpenSignLabs avatar

    OpenSignLabs/OpenSign

    6,551View on GitHub↗

    OpenSign is a self-hosted, open-source document signing platform that enables users to send, sign, and manage PDF documents with digital certificates and encryption. It functions as a complete e-signature solution, allowing organizations to run their own signing service on private infrastructure while maintaining full control over their data and document workflows. The platform supports sequential multi-signer workflows, where documents can be sent to multiple recipients in a predefined order, with each signer receiving an email-based one-time password for verification before accessing the do

    JavaScriptdigital-signaturedocument-signingdocusign-alternative
    View on GitHub↗6,551
  • pdf-rs/pdfpdf-rs avatar

    pdf-rs/pdf

    1,672View on GitHub↗

    This library is a toolkit for processing, manipulating, and inspecting PDF documents within the Rust programming language. It provides programmatic access to the internal structure of files, enabling the extraction of data and the modification of document content. The project utilizes a strongly-typed system to map complex document objects into structured data models. It supports the parsing of existing files through lazy-loading and stream-based decoding, which allows for the retrieval of text, metadata, and images. The library also facilitates the creation of updated document versions by re

    Rustpdfpdf-filesrust
    View on GitHub↗1,672
  • foliojs/pdfkitfoliojs avatar

    foliojs/pdfkit

    10,667View on GitHub↗

    pdfkit is a JavaScript PDF generation library used to programmatically create binary PDF documents in Node.js and browser environments. It functions as a vector graphics engine for rendering paths, shapes, gradients, and tiling patterns, and as a tool for producing rich text and tagged documents that follow international accessibility standards for screen reader compatibility. The library includes a security and encryption utility for applying document encryption and restricting user permissions regarding printing, copying, or editing. It also serves as a form and annotation tool, enabling th

    JavaScript
    View on GitHub↗10,667
  • phpoffice/phpwordPHPOffice avatar

    PHPOffice/PHPWord

    7,568View on GitHub↗

    PHPWord is a PHP word processing library used for programmatically reading and writing word processing documents. It functions as an OOXML document generator, a word file parser, and a document template engine. The library enables the generation of new documents by applying structured data to existing templates or by creating files from scratch. It provides capabilities for extracting and parsing content, metadata, and structure from existing word processing files. The project covers a broad range of document generation features, including layout formatting, metadata management, and the inse

    PHP
    View on GitHub↗7,568
  • anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginsanthropics avatar

    anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins

    7,583View on GitHub↗

    This project is a plugin framework and agentic workflow library designed to connect large language models to professional toolstacks. It provides a system for integrating language models with external data warehouses, CRMs, and other enterprise software to retrieve and manipulate real-time business data. The framework enables the automation of specialized professional tasks through a file-based plugin definition system. It allows for the customization of domain expertise and plugin behavior to align with internal company processes, supported by an enterprise data connector that links models t

    Python
    View on GitHub↗7,583
  • wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdfwkhtmltopdf avatar

    wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf

    14,553View on GitHub↗

    wkhtmltopdf is a command-line utility that renders web pages into PDF documents or image files. It functions as a headless browser engine, utilizing the Qt WebKit rendering environment to process HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into visual representations suitable for server-side tasks. The tool distinguishes itself by translating standard web styling rules into physical page dimensions and layout constraints, allowing for the creation of structured documents from web-based source files. It supports the generation of automated tables of contents and provides granular control over document layout, i

    C++
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  • whatwg/htmlwhatwg avatar

    whatwg/html

    9,163View on GitHub↗

    This repository contains the HTML specification, which defines the core standards for web page structuring, content organization, and document rendering. It establishes the fundamental algorithms for state-machine-based tokenization, tree construction for the document object model, and origin-based security isolation. The specification provides a framework for defining custom elements with independent lifecycles and registries. It also details the requirements for cross-document communication, session history management, and the synchronization of interface properties with content attributes.

    HTMLcanvaseventsourcehtml
    View on GitHub↗9,163
  • pdfminer/pdfminer.sixpdfminer avatar

    pdfminer/pdfminer.six

    6,906View on GitHub↗

    pdfminer.six is a programmatic tool for extracting text, layout information, and metadata from PDF documents into machine-readable formats. It functions as a document parser that converts internal PDF objects and structures into accessible data objects for analysis. The project includes utilities for decrypting RC4 and AES encrypted files to enable content extraction. It also provides a layout analyzer to identify fonts, colors, and text locations to determine the organizational structure of pages. The system covers a broad range of extraction capabilities, including the retrieval of embedde

    Pythonparserpdfpython
    View on GitHub↗6,906
  • leethomason/tinyxml2leethomason avatar

    leethomason/tinyxml2

    5,771View on GitHub↗

    TinyXML-2 is a lightweight C++ library for parsing, manipulating, and generating XML documents. It functions as a UTF-8 XML processor that represents data through a hierarchical Document Object Model. The library provides tools for both DOM parsing and direct document generation via data streams. It includes capabilities for navigating the XML tree to locate specific elements, modifying attributes and content, and resolving character entities and Unicode numeric references into UTF-8 text. The processor includes syntax validation and diagnostic utilities that track line-number metadata for e

    C++
    View on GitHub↗5,771
  • apache/tikaapache avatar

    apache/tika

    3,572View on GitHub↗

    Tika is a content analysis toolkit and Java library designed for detecting and extracting metadata and text from thousands of different file types. It functions as a universal document text extractor and metadata extraction engine, converting complex files into plain text or XHTML. The system employs a specialized MIME type detector that identifies document formats using magic bytes and metadata to determine the correct parser. It serves as an OCR integration gateway, connecting to external text recognition tools to extract content from image files. The project covers a broad range of extrac

    Javacontentextractionjava
    View on GitHub↗3,572
  • frooodle/stirling-pdfFrooodle avatar

    Frooodle/Stirling-PDF

    81,168View on GitHub↗

    Stirling-PDF is a web-based PDF management suite used for editing, merging, splitting, and converting PDF documents. It functions as a self-hosted document manager, providing a centralized interface for users to manipulate files on a private server. The system features a workflow automation engine that allows for the creation of processing pipelines to handle large volumes of documents without writing custom code. It also includes an optical character recognition tool to convert scanned PDFs into searchable and editable text. Access is managed through single sign-on integration and OIDC comp

    Java
    View on GitHub↗81,168
  • codelucas/newspapercodelucas avatar

    codelucas/newspaper

    14,982View on GitHub↗

    Newspaper is a Python library designed for scraping, parsing, and analyzing web-based information. It functions as a framework for automated news aggregation and large-scale web content extraction, providing tools to download, clean, and structure text, metadata, and media from diverse online sources. The project distinguishes itself through a pipeline-oriented architecture that combines heuristic-based content extraction with natural language processing. It automatically identifies and isolates article bodies from web page boilerplate while simultaneously performing language detection, keywo

    HTMLcrawlercrawlingnews
    View on GitHub↗14,982
  • apify/crawlee-pythonapify avatar

    apify/crawlee-python

    8,097View on GitHub↗

    Crawlee-python is a web crawling framework for building scalable scrapers using Python. It serves as a comprehensive tool for web scraping automation, providing a system to extract structured data from websites using both lightweight HTTP requests and headless browser automation. The framework is distinguished by its anti-bot evasion capabilities, which include browser fingerprint impersonation and tiered proxy rotation to bypass detection systems and solve challenges such as Cloudflare. It also incorporates artificial intelligence for autonomous website navigation and schema-based data extra

    Pythonapifyautomationbeautifulsoup
    View on GitHub↗8,097
  • jonaswinkler/paperless-ngjonaswinkler avatar

    jonaswinkler/paperless-ng

    5,420View on GitHub↗

    Paperless-ng is a self-hosted document management system designed to archive physical paperwork as searchable digital files. It functions as a private server for scanning, indexing, and organizing a digital library of documents through a web interface. The system acts as an encrypted file archive, utilizing a privacy guard backend to secure stored documents. It provides automatic on-the-fly decryption during the download process to ensure that archived records remain protected while in storage. The platform incorporates optical character recognition to convert scanned images and PDFs into se

    Pythonangulararchivingdjango
    View on GitHub↗5,420
  • cheeriojs/cheeriocheeriojs avatar

    cheeriojs/cheerio

    30,386View on GitHub↗

    Cheerio is an HTML and XML parsing library and server-side DOM implementation. It functions as a markup manipulation tool and CSS selector engine, allowing users to parse, query, and modify HTML or XML documents in non-browser environments. The project provides a DOM-like tree representation of markup strings, enabling programmatic addition, removal, and modification of elements and attributes. It features a prototype-based plugin system that allows the extension of core functionality by adding custom methods to the document prototype. The library covers a broad range of capabilities includi

    TypeScriptcheeriodomhacktoberfest
    View on GitHub↗30,386