library
firecrawl/pdf-inspector
Useful but faces strong competition; decent docs; best for teams needing fast Rust PDF processing.
5.3Overall
Utility6
Onboarding5
Craft6
Niche fit5
Longevity4
Five dimensions scored independently; overall is a weighted average. Scores are only comparable within this same rubric.
Good for
Projects that need fast PDF inspection and classification in Rust
Not for
Teams not using Rust or only need simple PDF extraction
Project description
Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.
Alternatives
pdfminer.sixPyMuPDF (fitz)pdfplumberApache PDFBoxpdf.js