7 alternatives to opendataloader-pdf
opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf — PDF Parser for AI-ready data. Automate PDF accessibility. Open-source. (30,174 stars, Apache-2.0, files, auth, integration).
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| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
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| 1 | firecrawl/pdf-inspector | 6.3 | MIT | 19,718 |
| 2 | stirling-tools/stirling-pdf | 7.2 | MIT | 94,814 |
| 3 | unjs/unpdf | 7.7 | MIT | 1,255 |
| 4 | harald-er-ihn/a11y-pdf-audit | 4.8 | MIT | 0 |
| 5 | docling-project/docling | 4.8 | MIT | 70,140 |
| 6 | paddlepaddle/paddleocr | 5.0 | Apache-2.0 | 91,663 |
| 7 | drmingler/smart-llm-loader | 4.8 | MIT | 278 |
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Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.score 6.3/10 · MIT permissive · 19,718 stars · 86 components · search them
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#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
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📄 PDF extraction and rendering across all JavaScript runtimesscore 7.7/10 · MIT permissive · 1,255 stars · 16 components · search them
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Automated Accessibility Checks for Downloadable PDFsscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 0 stars · 11 components · search them
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Get your documents ready for gen AIscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 70,140 stars · 294 components · search them
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Turn any PDF or image document into structured data for your AI. A powerful, lightweight OCR toolkit that bridges the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Supports 100+ languages.score 5.0/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 91,663 stars · 784 components · search them
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smart-llm-loader is a lightweight yet powerful Python package that transforms any document into LLM-ready chunks. Spend less time on preprocessing headaches and more time building what matters. From RAG systems to chatboscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 278 stars · 5 components · search them
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