funstory-ai/BabelDOC
Yet Another Document Translator observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 47
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 658
- days_rel: 48
- days_push: 28
- n_releases_24m: 210
Adoption not part of the score
9408 stars · 779 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
BabelDOC is a Python library and CLI tool for translating PDF scientific papers with bilingual comparison output. It uses LLM-based translation (e.g., OpenAI models) and is designed to be embedded into other programs or used directly for simple translation tasks.
Use cases
- translate scientific papers from pdf
- create bilingual pdf documents
- translate academic papers with llm
- batch translate pdf files from the command line
- embed pdf translation into another application
- use pdf translation in zotero
When to choose
- you need to translate PDF research papers while preserving layout
- you want side-by-side bilingual output of the original and translated text
- you need a Python API or CLI for programmatic PDF translation
- you want a self-hostable alternative to online document translators
When to avoid
- you need to translate non-PDF formats like Word or EPUB
- you want a polished end-user web app rather than a library or CLI
- you cannot provide an LLM API key or self-hosted translation service
- your PDFs are scanned images without extractable text
Facets
library · maturity active
pdf nlp cli parser pdf developer-tools education python cli cross-platform pdf-translation bilingual-comparison scientific-papers llm-translation document-translator natural-language-processing
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/funstory-ai/BabelDOC · fetched 2026-08-28 · befe6689fdfd
- homepage: https://funstory-ai.github.io/BabelDOC/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 06e9c1d0b76c
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/babeldoc/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9d4a92f3deb5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| funstory-ai/BabelDOC | main | 81 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="funstory-ai/BabelDOC")
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