Alternatives

PdfPig alternatives for AI agents.

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

Current skill

PdfPig

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

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#1

MinerU

Similarity 137Trust 100Excellent 100

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

67K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add opendatalab/MinerU
#2

Dolphin

Similarity 134Trust 100Excellent 100

The official repo for “Dolphin: Document Image Parsing via Heterogeneous Anchor Prompting”, ACL, 2025.

9.0K starsMar 25, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add bytedance/Dolphin
#3

Kavita

Similarity 133Trust 100Excellent 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 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add Kareadita/Kavita
#4

FastReport

Similarity 131Trust 100Excellent 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

QuestPDF

Similarity 125Trust 100Excellent 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
#6

PDFPatcher

Similarity 125Trust 100Excellent 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 starsMay 14, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#PDF
$ npx skills add wmjordan/PDFPatcher
#7

KillerPDF

Similarity 122Trust 100Excellent 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
#8

Itext Dotnet

Similarity 122Trust 100Excellent 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
#9

Markitdown

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 100

Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.

152K starsMay 26, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add microsoft/markitdown
#10

Stirling PDF

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 100

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

81K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
#11

Docling

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 100

Get your documents ready for gen AI

61K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add docling-project/docling
#12

Paperless Ngx

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 100

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

42K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
#13

ShareX

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 100

ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.

38K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdocument-processingC#OCR
$ npx skills add ShareX/ShareX
#14

OCRmyPDF

Similarity 121Trust 100Excellent 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
#15

Koreader

Similarity 120Trust 100Excellent 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 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingLuaPDF
$ npx skills add koreader/koreader
#16

Koodo Reader

Similarity 120Trust 100Excellent 100

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

27K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add koodo-reader/koodo-reader

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