Ross ROSS = Recommend OSS · open-source software intelligence for agents

pdf-rs/pdf

Rust library to read, manipulate and write PDF files. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/pdf-rs/pdf · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 93
  • 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: 3552
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 46
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1691 stars · 149 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Rust library for reading, manipulating, and writing PDF files. Reading is fairly mature, while modifying and writing PDFs is still experimental.

Use cases

  • parse pdf files in rust
  • extract text from pdfs
  • read pdf metadata programmatically
  • modify existing pdf documents
  • write pdf files from code
  • inspect pdf internal structure

When to choose

  • you need a native Rust PDF parser without C dependencies
  • you mainly need to read or extract data from PDFs
  • you want to experiment with PDF manipulation in Rust

When to avoid

  • you need robust, production-grade PDF editing or writing
  • you need PDF rendering out of the box (rendering lives in a separate repo)
  • you need a ready-made PDF viewer application

Facets

library · maturity active

pdf parser file-system pdf files developer-tools rust cross-platform pdf-manipulation pdf-writing pdf-parsing

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
pdf-rs/pdfmain74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pdf-rs/pdf")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem