Projects sharing features with PyMuPDF

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

PyPDF2 is a pure Python library for reading, writing, and manipulating PDF files. It functions as a document manipulator, text extractor, and encryption tool, allowing users to process PDF files without relying on external C libraries or native binaries. The library provides specialized tools for modifying document structures, such as merging multiple files into one, splitting documents into separate files, and transforming page layouts through cropping. It also includes capabilities for securing documents via passwords and encryption. Additional capabilities include the extraction of writte

Pdfcraft is a containerized service for self-managed PDF processing, editing, and conversion. It provides a toolkit for document manipulation, a multi-format converter, and OCR software to transform scanned documents into searchable and editable text. The project features a visual, node-based workflow editor that allows users to build automated pipelines by chaining together various PDF conversion and optimization operations. The service covers a broad range of capabilities, including document management for merging and splitting files, format conversion between PDFs and office documents or

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

Marker is an LLM-powered document parser and OCR pipeline designed to convert PDFs and unstructured files into structured markdown, JSON, and HTML. It functions as a data preprocessor that transforms complex documents into machine-readable formats while preserving tables, equations, and layout structures. The system utilizes large language models to refine OCR accuracy, clean mathematical notation, and merge fragmented tables across multiple pages. It employs model-based layout analysis to predict block types and bounding boxes, ensuring a more precise conversion of document elements. Capabi

Kotaemon is an orchestration framework designed for building modular, agentic workflows that integrate document processing, retrieval-augmented generation, and multi-step reasoning. It provides a comprehensive platform for developing document-based question answering systems, allowing users to chain language models, prompt templates, and external tools into complex, automated pipelines. The system distinguishes itself through a highly modular architecture that emphasizes component-based composition and schema-driven data exchange. It supports autonomous agents capable of decomposing complex q

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

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

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

Gotenberg is a stateless, containerized service that provides a unified API for document conversion, manipulation, and web-to-PDF rendering. It functions as a centralized engine that abstracts complex document processing tasks, allowing users to interact with various rendering tools and libraries through standard HTTP requests. The service distinguishes itself by utilizing headless browser automation to capture web content and by wrapping multiple specialized PDF engines into a single interface. It supports asynchronous task execution, offloading resource-intensive operations to background wo

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

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

This project is a PDF data extraction tool and document preprocessor designed to convert PDF files into structured formats such as Markdown, JSON, and HTML. It functions as an OCR document parser for scanned files, an accessibility automator for generating PDF/UA compliant metadata, and a loader for AI orchestration frameworks like LangChain. The software distinguishes itself through specialized handling of complex document elements, including the conversion of mathematical formulas into LaTeX and the generation of natural-language descriptions for charts and images. It utilizes recursive seg

BabelDOC is a technical document translation system designed to translate PDF files while preserving their original layout and styling. It functions as a layout-preserving translator that utilizes large language models to convert content into target languages, specifically tailored for scientific and technical documents. The system distinguishes itself through specialized handling of academic content, including the identification and preservation of mathematical formulas and complex layout structures. It ensures technical accuracy by employing glossary-driven terminology enforcement, using so

Zerox is a multimodal document parser and OCR tool that uses vision models to convert PDF files and images into structured Markdown text. It functions as a visual layout extraction engine, leveraging large multimodal models to digitize documents while maintaining their original structural formatting. The system differentiates itself through the use of coordinate-based element mapping and multimodal layout analysis to identify structural elements like tables, charts, and headers. It utilizes rasterization to convert vector PDF pages into high-resolution bitmaps, ensuring consistent input for t

llmware is a Python framework for AI agent orchestration and model management, designed to coordinate multi-model workflows and autonomous agents. It provides a unified model catalog and standardized interface to execute specialized language models for complex research, analysis, and structured data generation. The project distinguishes itself through its heavy emphasis on local execution and quantized inference, allowing models to run on private infrastructure using CPU, GPU, and NPU acceleration via runtimes like ONNX and OpenVino. It features a specialized ability to translate natural lang

python-docx is an OOXML document manipulation library used for creating, reading, and updating Microsoft Word files. It functions as a generator for building formatted documents and a parser for extracting text, metadata, and structural elements from existing files. The project provides a comprehensive style management system for defining and applying character, paragraph, and table styles within OpenXML documents. It allows for the programmatic control of document appearance through an object-oriented approach to the underlying XML schema. Capabilities cover a wide range of document generat

OfficeCLI is a headless office suite and automation tool designed for programmatically reading, editing, and generating Microsoft Office documents. It functions as an OOXML manipulation library and a document templating engine, providing a standalone binary that allows for the management of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without requiring a local installation of office software. The project distinguishes itself by exposing document operations as tools for AI agents via a JSON-RPC server and the Model Context Protocol. It enables advanced customization through raw XML manipulation using XPa

This project is a comprehensive framework for building and managing autonomous agent systems. It provides a unified architecture for orchestrating multi-agent societies, where specialized agents collaborate through roleplay to decompose and solve complex tasks. The system integrates language models with external environments, enabling agents to perform real-world actions through a standardized tool-calling abstraction layer. The framework distinguishes itself through its focus on iterative reasoning and data reliability. It employs automated feedback loops to refine agent outputs and self-eva

Calibre is a comprehensive suite for digital library management, serving as a centralized hub for organizing, converting, and editing e-book collections. It functions as a multi-purpose platform that combines a relational database for metadata tracking with a powerful processing engine capable of transforming document formats and restructuring internal markup. Beyond local management, the software acts as a content server, enabling users to host their libraries over a network for remote access and reading via standard web browsers. The project distinguishes itself through its deep extensibili

mPDF is a PHP library that transforms UTF-8 encoded HTML and CSS into formatted PDF documents. It serves as a PDF generation engine and document architect capable of converting web pages and HTML forms into professional files. The project is distinguished by its multilingual rendering capabilities, providing comprehensive support for bidirectional text, right-to-left scripts, and CJK languages using Unicode font embedding and OpenType layout processing. It further enables professional print-ready design through advanced color modeling in CMYK, precise page dimensioning, and compliance with PD

EasyOCR is a deep learning-based computer vision library designed to perform optical character recognition on images and video frames. It functions as a comprehensive pipeline that automates the transformation of visual text into machine-readable strings, enabling the digitization of physical documents, forms, and receipts into searchable data. The engine distinguishes itself through a multi-stage processing workflow that combines convolutional neural networks for spatial feature extraction with sequence-based decoding mechanisms. This architecture allows the system to identify and interpret

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

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

sChandra is a document processing platform that converts images, PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and other formats into structured output such as HTML, Markdown, or JSON while preserving layout. It can also extract specific data fields from invoices, contracts, or reports using user-defined JSON schemas, with citations back to source locations. The service supports form filling in PDF and image documents, document generation from Markdown, and extraction of tracked changes from Word files. The platform distinguishes itself with pipeline-based processing chains that combine multiple proces

Snappy is a PHP library that acts as a wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage binaries. It provides a utility suite for transforming HTML strings and remote URLs into PDF documents and image snapshots. The project enables the generation of downloadable or streamable PDFs and the creation of web page thumbnails. It supports the aggregation of multiple separate URLs into a single unified PDF document. Users can adjust document output through configuration settings for JavaScript execution, cookie handling, background removal, and custom stylesheet application.

Gutenberg is a CSS print formatting framework and web-to-PDF layout engine. It provides a system for managing stylesheets, element visibility, and structural layout rules to ensure web content maintains a consistent visual structure when converted to physical documents or PDF files. The project manages print-specific rendering through a stylesheet manager that filters out non-essential interface elements and prevents the automatic expansion of URLs. It includes utilities to enforce the rendering of background colors and images, which browsers typically strip during the printing process. The