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borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python.
Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split PDF documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.
$ npx skills add pdfarranger/pdfarrangerThe official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025.
$ npx skills add bytedance/DolphinA Python library for reading and writing PDF, powered by QPDF
$ npx skills add pikepdf/pikepdfOCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched
$ npx skills add ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDFPython tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
$ npx skills add microsoft/markitdownPDF补丁丁——PDF工具箱，可以编辑书签、剪裁旋转页面、解除限制、提取或合并文档，探查文档结构，提取图片、转成图片等等
$ npx skills add wmjordan/PDFPatcherA pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files
$ npx skills add py-pdf/pypdfPDF craft can convert PDF files into various other formats. This project will focus on processing PDF files of scanned books.
$ npx skills add oomol-lab/pdf-craftGolang PDF library for creating and processing PDF files (pure go)
$ npx skills add unidoc/unipdf💀 Generate malicious PDF test files for testing phone-home callbacks, SSRF, XSS, NTLM credential theft, and data exfiltration in PDF viewers, converters, and web applications. Can be used with Burp Collaborator or Interact.sh
$ npx skills add jonaslejon/malicious-pdf#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
$ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDFA community-supported supercharged document management system: scan, index and archive all your documents
$ npx skills add paperless-ngx/paperless-ngxThe Privacy First PDF Toolkit
$ npx skills add alam00000/bentopdfQuestPDF is a modern library for PDF document generation. Its fluent C# API lets you design complex layouts with clean, readable code. Create documents using a flexible, component-based approach.
$ npx skills add QuestPDF/QuestPDFTransforms complex documents like PDFs and Office docs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.
$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerUGet your documents ready for gen AI
$ npx skills add docling-project/doclingHow to choose
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Borb if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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