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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/OCRmyPDFAlternatives
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A free tool to OCR a PDF and add a text "layer" in the original file, making a searchable PDF. Use only open source tools. Please tip!
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Pure Javascript OCR for more than 100 Languages 📖🎉🖥
38K starsMay 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptOCR
$ npx skills add naptha/tesseract.js#3
Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
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$ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown#4
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$ npx skills add tesseract-ocr/tesseract#5
Transforms complex documents like PDFs and Office docs into LLM-ready markdown/JSON for your Agentic workflows.
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$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerU#6
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$ npx skills add HIllya51/LunaTranslator#7
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#8
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#9
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10K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add py-pdf/pypdf#10
Translate manga/image 一键翻译各类图片内文字 https://cotrans.touhou.ai/ (no longer working)
10K starsMay 24, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonOCR
$ npx skills add zyddnys/manga-image-translator#11
Effortless data labeling with AI support from Segment Anything and other awesome models.
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$ npx skills add CVHub520/X-AnyLabeling#12
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81K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF#13
SumatraPDF reader
17K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdocument-processingCPDF
$ npx skills add sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf#14
📄 Create PDF files using React
17K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add diegomura/react-pdf#15
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
15K starsAug 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add alam00000/bentopdf#16
Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.
11K starsJul 29, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
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