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qpdf: A content-preserving PDF document transformer
5.1K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdocument-processingC++PDF
$ npx skills add qpdf/qpdfAlternatives
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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
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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.
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$ npx skills add LibrePDF/OpenPDF#3
borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python.
3.6K starsMay 17, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add borb-pdf/borb#4
Deprecated: PHP PDF library, superseded by tc-lib-pdf (https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf)
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$ npx skills add tecnickcom/TCPDF#5
Golang PDF library for creating and processing PDF files (pure go)
3.1K starsMay 27, 2026 pushdocument-processingGoPDF
$ npx skills add unidoc/unipdf#6
Minimal PDF creation library. <400 LOC, zero dependencies, makes real PDFs.
1.8K starsMay 13, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add Lulzx/tinypdf#7
PHP PDF Library (TCPDF)
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$ npx skills add tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf#8
Versatile PDF creation and manipulation for Ruby
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$ npx skills add gettalong/hexapdf#9
#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
81K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF#10
SumatraPDF reader
17K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdocument-processingCPDF
$ npx skills add sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf#11
📄 Create PDF files using React
17K starsJun 1, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add diegomura/react-pdf#12
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
14K starsJun 4, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptPDF
$ npx skills add alam00000/bentopdf#13
📚 Biblioteca de livros essenciais da área da programação. (Confira o meu novo projeto `SendScriptWhatsapp`)
13K starsMay 3, 2026 pushdocument-processingPDFClaude Code
$ npx skills add KAYOKG/BibliotecaDev#14
Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.
11K starsJun 2, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptPDF
$ npx skills add wojtekmaj/react-pdf#15
Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables.
10K starsJan 28, 2026 pushdocument-processingPythonPDF
$ npx skills add jsvine/pdfplumber#16
Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers
9.6K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdocument-processingCPDF
$ npx skills add ahrm/sioyekHow to choose
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