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PDFHummus

High performance library for creating, modiyfing and parsing PDF files in C++ observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/galkahana/PDF-Writer · homepage · C · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

81/100

  • Activity 88
  • Release rhythm 62
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 172.5
  • age_days: 5940
  • days_rel: 96
  • days_push: 73
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1021 stars · 232 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

HummusJS is a fast Node.js native module (built on the PDF-Writer C++ library) for creating, parsing, and modifying PDF files and streams. It offers low-level, high-performance PDF manipulation but is no longer officially supported, with MuhammaraJS recommended as a maintained drop-in replacement.

Use cases

  • generate pdf files from node.js
  • merge and modify existing pdf documents
  • parse pdf file structure programmatically
  • append pages to a pdf
  • embed images and fonts into pdfs
  • manipulate pdf streams at low level

When to choose

  • you need high-performance, low-level PDF creation or modification in Node.js
  • you are already using HummusJS or its API
  • you are fine maintaining an unsupported library yourself

When to avoid

  • you want a maintained library - use MuhammaraJS instead
  • you need high-level PDF rendering or HTML-to-PDF conversion
  • you need official support or frequent bug fixes

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

pdf parser pdf files developer-tools cross-platform pdf-generation pdf-parsing pdf-manipulation native-addon low-level-pdf nodejs

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
galkahana/PDF-Writermain81
galkahana/HummusJSsdk76

For agents

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