Decision Workspace
paperdown vs mdkit vs edgequake-pdf2md
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
paperdown
experimentalv0.2.0
A fast CLI tool to batch convert PDFs into Markdown using GLM-OCR.
59
mdkit
experimentalv0.7.4
Get markdown out of any document — Pandoc + pdfium + platform-native OCR, dispatched per format.
55
edgequake-pdf2md
experimentalv0.9.2
Convert PDF documents to Markdown using Vision Language Models — CLI and library
Core Metrics
| paperdown | mdkit | edgequake-pdf2md | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 59 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 21 | 476 | 4.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 16 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 68d ago | 28d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 2m | 29d | 3m |
Health Breakdown
paperdown
Maintenance
9
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
mdkit
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
edgequake-pdf2md
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| paperdown | mdkit | edgequake-pdf2md | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.7.4 | 0.9.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 17 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 878KB | 89KB | 151KB |
| Features | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.91 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mdkit leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •edgequake-pdf2md has the most downloads (4.2K), suggesting wider adoption.