# mobfarm/FastPdfKit

A Static Library to be embedded on iOS applications to display pdf documents derived from Fast PDF

Repository: https://github.com/mobfarm/FastPdfKit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fastpdfkit
Homepage: http://fastpdfkit.com
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-02-03T22:48:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5789, "days_push": 2768, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1220, forks 322 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.020366+00:00)

## What it is
FastPdfKit is an Objective-C static library for embedding fast PDF viewing in iOS applications, offering features like page sliding, search with highlighted results, thumbnails, bookmarks, outlines, and text extraction. It was designed as a high-performance alternative to QuickLook for displaying PDF documents on iPhone and iPad.

## Use cases
- display pdf documents inside an ios app
- render pdfs faster than quicklook on iphone and ipad
- add pdf search with highlighted results to a mobile app
- generate pdf page thumbnails natively on ios
- build a pdf reader with bookmarks and table of contents
- extract text from pdf pages in an ios application
- show single or double page pdf layouts with zoom

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Objective-C iOS app that already uses it
- you need a self-contained PDF reader UI for older iOS versions
- you want built-in thumbnails, bookmarks, and outline support without building it yourself

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new iOS project - the library is unmaintained since 2019
- you need Swift-first or modern iOS SDK PDF rendering (use PDFKit)
- you require ongoing support, security fixes, or recent iOS compatibility
- you need a cross-platform PDF solution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: pdf, pdf-viewer, ui-components, image-processing
- domain: pdf, mobile-development, files
- platform: -
- tags: pdf-rendering, quicklook-alternative, static-library, thumbnails, text-extraction, ios, mobile, objective-c

## Member repositories
- mobfarm/FastPdfKit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.020366+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:16:01.306752+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mobfarm/FastPdfKit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.020366+00:00, sha 58f1b39121bd)
  - homepage: http://fastpdfkit.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:26.328317+00:00, sha 1425c2d20f51)
  - site_page: https://98winn.bid/faq-98win (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:26.331406+00:00, sha a86bae2c6640)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.