Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Stirling PDF is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Document processing.
Strongest overall
Stirling PDF
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Fastest prototype
Stirling PDF
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
PyMuPDF
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Podofo A C++17 PDF manipulation library | Pypdf A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files | Stirling PDF #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere | PyMuPDF PyMuPDF is a high performance Python library for data extraction, analysis, conversion & manipulation of PDF (and other) documents. |
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| Quality | 77/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 88/100 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 | 585 stars 0 installs | 10K stars 0 installs | 81K stars 0 installs | 10K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jun 28, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | C++, PDF, Claude Code | Python, PDF, Claude Code | TypeScript, PDF, Claude Code | Python, 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 podofo/podofo | $ npx skills add py-pdf/pypdf | $ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF | $ npx skills add pymupdf/PyMuPDF |