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Pdfstract alternatives for AI agents.

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Pdfstract

PDFStract - Extract, Chunking and Embedding Layer in Your RAG Pipeline - Available as CLI - WEBUI - API

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#1

OCRmyPDF

Similarity 134Trust 93Excellent 100

OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

34K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF
#2

MinerU

Similarity 133Trust 90Excellent 100

Transforms complex documents like PDFs and Office docs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.

68K starsJun 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerU
#3

Docling

Similarity 133Trust 89Excellent 100

Get your documents ready for gen AI

63K starsJul 2, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add docling-project/docling
#4

PyMuPDF

Similarity 132Trust 93Excellent 100

PyMuPDF is a high performance Python library for data extraction, analysis, conversion & manipulation of PDF (and other) documents.

10K starsJun 29, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add pymupdf/PyMuPDF
#5

ImageToolbox

Similarity 126Trust 93Excellent 100

🖼️ Image Toolbox is a powerful app for advanced image manipulation. It offers dozens of features, from basic tools like crop and draw to filters, OCR, and a wide range of image processing options

13K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingKotlinPDF
$ npx skills add T8RIN/ImageToolbox
#6

Paperless Ngx

Similarity 126Trust 93Excellent 100

A community-supported supercharged document management system: scan, index and archive all your documents

42K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
#7

Liteparse

Similarity 125Trust 91Excellent 100

A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser

10K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingRustPDF
$ npx skills add run-llama/liteparse
#8

Chandra

Similarity 125Trust 90Excellent 100

OCR model that handles complex tables, forms, handwriting with full layout.

11K starsApr 22, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonOCR
$ npx skills add datalab-to/chandra
#9

Markitdown

Similarity 125Trust 90Excellent 100

Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

156K starsMay 26, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown
#10

Pypdf

Similarity 123Trust 90Excellent 100

A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files

10K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add py-pdf/pypdf
#11

Bisheng

Similarity 120Trust 93Excellent 100

BISHENG is an open LLM devops platform for next generation Enterprise AI applications. Powerful and comprehensive features include: GenAI workflow, RAG, Agent, Unified model management, Evaluation, SFT, Dataset Management, Enterprise-level System Management, Observability and more.

11K starsJun 29, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptOCR
$ npx skills add dataelement/bisheng
#12

PaddleOCR

Similarity 120Trust 94Excellent 100

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.

83K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonOCR
$ npx skills add PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR
#13

Koreader

Similarity 119Trust 93Excellent 100

An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

27K starsJun 24, 2026 pushdocument-processingLuaPDF
$ npx skills add koreader/koreader
#14

Koodo Reader

Similarity 119Trust 93Excellent 100

A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web

27K starsJul 3, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add koodo-reader/koodo-reader
#15

Readest

Similarity 119Trust 93Excellent 100

Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.

22K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add readest/readest
#16

Stirling PDF

Similarity 119Trust 87Excellent 100

#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

81K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

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