yob/pdf-reader
The PDF::Reader library implements a PDF parser conforming as much as possible to the PDF specification from Adobe. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 6666
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 20
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1926 stars · 286 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PDF::Reader is a Ruby library that parses PDF files according to the Adobe PDF specification, providing programmatic access to document metadata, pages, text, fonts, and low-level objects. It is a low-level parsing foundation rather than a renderer, with convenient helpers for common tasks like text extraction.
Use cases
- extract text from pdf files in ruby
- read pdf metadata and page count
- parse pdf objects programmatically
- iterate over pdf pages and fonts
- process pdfs from an io stream
When to choose
- you need to programmatically inspect or extract text from PDFs in Ruby
- you want a low-level PDF parser to build higher-level tooling on
- you need UTF-8 text extraction from PDF pages
When to avoid
- you need to render or display PDFs visually
- you need to create or write PDF files
- you work outside the Ruby ecosystem
Facets
library · maturity active
parser pdf pdf files parsers ruby pdf-parsing text-extraction ruby-gem
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader · fetched 2026-08-28 · a8ff4932babf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yob/pdf-reader | main | 76 |
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