Alternatives

Itext Java alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Itext Java

iText for Java represents the next level of SDKs for developers that want to take advantage of the benefits PDF can bring. Equipped with a better document engine, high and low-level programming capabilities and the ability to create, edit and enhance PDF documents, iText can be a boon to nearly every workflow.

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#1

Paperless Ngx

Similarity 128Trust 98Excellent 100

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

42K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
#2

Documenso

Similarity 126Trust 95Excellent 100

The Open Source DocuSign Alternative.

13K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add documenso/documenso
#3

KkFileView

Similarity 124Trust 91Excellent 100

Universal File Online Preview Project based on Spring-Boot

14K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaPDF
$ npx skills add kekingcn/kkFileView
#4

Mit Deep Learning Book Pdf

Similarity 123Trust 89Excellent 100

MIT Deep Learning Book in PDF format (complete and parts) by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville

14K starsFeb 3, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaPDF
$ npx skills add janishar/mit-deep-learning-book-pdf
#5

Pdfsam

Similarity 123Trust 96Excellent 100

PDFsam, a desktop application to split, merge, mix, rotate PDF files and extract pages

4.4K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaPDF
$ npx skills add torakiki/pdfsam
#6

OpenPDF

Similarity 122Trust 91Excellent 100

OpenPDF is an open-source Java library for creating, editing, rendering, and encrypting PDF documents, as well as generating PDFs from HTML. It is licensed under the LGPL and MPL.

4.3K starsJun 3, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaPDF
$ npx skills add LibrePDF/OpenPDF
#7

Grimmory

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Grimmory is an independent community fork of Booklore.

3.4K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaPDF
$ npx skills add grimmory-tools/grimmory
#8

OCRmyPDF

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 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
#9

Koreader

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 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 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingLuaPDF
$ npx skills add koreader/koreader
#10

Koodo Reader

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 100

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

27K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add koodo-reader/koodo-reader
#11

Markitdown

Similarity 120Trust 95Excellent 100

Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

154K starsMay 26, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown
#12

MinerU

Similarity 120Trust 94Excellent 100

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

68K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerU
#13

Readest

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 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.

21K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add readest/readest
#14

Docling

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

Get your documents ready for gen AI

62K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add docling-project/docling
#15

Quarkdown

Similarity 119Trust 98Excellent 100

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

16K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingKotlinPDF
$ npx skills add iamgio/quarkdown
#16

Unstructured

Similarity 119Trust 98Excellent 100

Convert documents to structured data effortlessly. Unstructured is open-source ETL solution for transforming complex documents into clean, structured formats for language models. Visit our website to learn more about our enterprise grade Platform product for production grade workflows, partitioning, enrichments, chunking and embedding.

15K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingHTMLPDF
$ npx skills add Unstructured-IO/unstructured

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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 Itext Java if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

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