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Common.Utility alternatives for AI agents.

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#1

Kavita

Similarity 124Trust 97Excellent 100

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

11K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add Kareadita/Kavita
#2

QuestPDF

Similarity 124Trust 92Excellent 100

QuestPDF 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.

14K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add QuestPDF/QuestPDF
#3

PDFPatcher

Similarity 124Trust 92Excellent 100

PDF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

12K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add wmjordan/PDFPatcher
#4

FastReport

Similarity 122Trust 95Excellent 100

Free Open Source Reporting tool for .NET6/.NET Core/.NET Framework that helps your application generate document-like reports

3.1K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add FastReports/FastReport
#5

KillerPDF

Similarity 121Trust 96Excellent 100

PDF editor for Windows. Install or run portable. GPLv3. No account, no subscription, no telemetry.

2.2K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add SteveTheKiller/KillerPDF
#6

PdfPig

Similarity 121Trust 93Excellent 100

Read and extract text and other content from PDFs in C# (port of PDFBox)

2.5K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add UglyToad/PdfPig
#7

Paperless Ngx

Similarity 120Trust 98Excellent 100

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

42K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
#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

Itext Dotnet

Similarity 120Trust 91Excellent 99

iText for .NET is the .NET version of the iText library, formerly known as iTextSharp, which it replaces. iText 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 enha

1.9K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add itext/itext-dotnet
#10

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 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingLuaPDF
$ npx skills add koreader/koreader
#11

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 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add koodo-reader/koodo-reader
#12

Markitdown

Similarity 120Trust 96Excellent 100

Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

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

22K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add readest/readest
#14

MinerU

Similarity 120Trust 94Excellent 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
#15

Docling

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

Get your documents ready for gen AI

62K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add docling-project/docling
#16

Stirling PDF

Similarity 119Trust 91Excellent 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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