Skill comparison
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Decision summary
Strongest overall
Stirling PDF
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
Stirling PDF
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
PDFPatcher
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Unipdf Golang PDF library for creating and processing PDF files (pure go) | PDFPatcher 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 | Pdfcpu PDF tooling for Go and the command line. | Stirling PDF #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere |
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| Quality | 95/100 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 | 3.1K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 13K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 8.7K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| 81K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | May 27, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Use-case fit |
| Workflow fit |
| Platform hints | Go, PDF, Claude Code | C#, PDF, Claude Code | Go, PDF, Claude Code | TypeScript, 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 unidoc/unipdf | $ npx skills add wmjordan/PDFPatcher | $ npx skills add pdfcpu/pdfcpu | $ npx skills add Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF |