# politza/pdf-tools

Emacs support library for PDF files.

Repository: https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pdf-tools
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-08-07T12:01:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4895, "days_push": 1487, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1574, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.714700+00:00)

## What it is
pdf-tools is an Emacs library that provides fast, feature-rich PDF viewing and interaction inside Emacs, backed by a C server (epdfinfo) for rendering and document queries. It supports navigation, search, annotations, outlines, and other PDF operations directly from the editor.

## Use cases
- read pdfs inside emacs
- annotate pdf documents in emacs
- search text within pdf files
- navigate pdf outlines and bookmarks
- replace doc-view with a faster pdf viewer
- fill pdf forms from the editor

## When to choose
- you live in Emacs and want PDFs without leaving it
- you need fast rendering and rich PDF features like annotations
- you want keyboard-driven PDF reading and note-taking

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone graphical PDF reader
- you don't use Emacs
- you need to edit PDF content rather than view and annotate it

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: pdf, file-system, editor
- domain: pdf, text-editors, files, documentation
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: emacs, pdf-viewer, pdf-annotation, epdfinfo, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- politza/pdf-tools (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.714700+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 2026-08-30T03:57:51.758695+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.714700+00:00, sha ecbc1aa90e9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.