5 alternatives to Stirling-PDF
stirling-tools/stirling-pdf — #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere (94,814 stars, MIT, ui, files, auth).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 3,000 licence-cleared components from stirling-tools/stirling-pdf itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | firecrawl/pdf-inspector | 6.3 | MIT | 19,718 |
| 2 | stackblitz-labs/bolt.diy | 6.2 | MIT | 19,976 |
| 3 | wojtekmaj/react-pdf | 4.6 | MIT | 11,191 |
| 4 | diegomura/react-pdf | 4.4 | MIT | 16,844 |
| 5 | chriswritescode-dev/opencode-manager | 5.5 | MIT | 908 |
The alternatives in detail
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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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Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web applications using any LLM you want!score 6.2/10 · MIT permissive · 19,976 stars · 442 components · search them
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Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.score 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 11,191 stars · 32 components · search them
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📄 Create PDF files using Reactscore 4.4/10 · MIT permissive · 16,844 stars · 363 components · search them
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A self-hosted command center for OpenCode. Sessions, git, terminal, and schedules in one web app, from your phone or desktop.score 5.5/10 · MIT permissive · 908 stars · 765 components · search them
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