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pdf_oxide_cli vs pdf_oxide vs pdfplumber-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
pdf_oxide_cli
experimentalv0.3.17
CLI for pdf-oxide — the fastest PDF toolkit. 22 commands: text extraction, PDF to markdown, search, merge, split, images, compress, encrypt, watermark, forms, and more.
56
pdf_oxide
experimentalv0.3.17
The fastest Rust PDF library with text extraction: 0.8ms mean, 100% pass rate on 3,830 PDFs. 5× faster than pdf_extract, 17× faster than oxidize_pdf. Extract, create, and edit PDFs.
42
pdfplumber-cli
experimentalv0.2.0
Command-line tool to extract text, characters, words, and tables from PDF documents
Core Metrics
| pdf_oxide_cli | pdf_oxide | pdfplumber-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 56 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 146 | 13.8K | 16 |
| 30d Downloads | 147 | 12.0K | 16 |
| Dependents | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 28 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 19d ago | 27d ago |
| Age | 26d | 4m | 27d |
Health Breakdown
pdf_oxide_cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
pdf_oxide
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
pdfplumber-cli
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pdf_oxide_cli | pdf_oxide | pdfplumber-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.17 | 0.3.17 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 73 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 4.7MB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pdf_oxide leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.