Skill comparison
Compare agent skills before installing.
Put high-signal skills side by side and inspect quality, adoption, freshness, install readiness, use-case fit, and warnings in one place.
Comparing 4 skills
Use this as a shortlist, then open the skill detail page before adopting.
Decision summary
Pikepdf is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Pikepdf
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
Pikepdf
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Pikepdf
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Pypandoc Thin wrapper for "pandoc" (MIT) | Pikepdf A Python library for reading and writing PDF, powered by QPDF | Maroto A maroto way to create PDFs. Maroto is inspired in Bootstrap and uses gofpdf. Fast and simple. | PdfPig Read and extract text and other content from PDFs in C# (port of PDFBox) |
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| Quality | 90/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 1.1K stars 0 installs | 2.7K stars 0 installs | 2.7K stars 0 installs | 2.4K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Apr 8, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | May 23, 2026 |
| Use-case fit | ||||
| Stack fit | ||||
| Platform hints | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | Go, PDF, Claude Code | C#, PDF, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add JessicaTegner/pypandoc | $ npx skills add pikepdf/pikepdf | $ npx skills add johnfercher/maroto | $ npx skills add UglyToad/PdfPig |