Decision Workspace
pdfium-auto vs kreuzberg-pdfium-render vs rpdfium
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
pdfium-auto
experimentalv0.3.0
Auto-download and cache PDFium binaries — zero-friction setup for pdfium-render
66
kreuzberg-pdfium-render
experimentalv4.6.3
High-level idiomatic Rust wrapper around Pdfium. Fork of pdfium-render with Kreuzberg patches.
49
rpdfium
experimentalv7676.6.4
A faithful Rust port of Google's PDFium PDF rendering engine
Core Metrics
| pdfium-auto | kreuzberg-pdfium-render | rpdfium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 66 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6K | 31.6K | 71 |
| 30d Downloads | 2.3K | 6.8K | 60 |
| Dependents | 17 | 60 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 26 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 36d ago | today | 9d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
pdfium-auto
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
kreuzberg-pdfium-render
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
rpdfium
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pdfium-auto | kreuzberg-pdfium-render | rpdfium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 4.6.3 | 7676.6.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 18 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 402KB | 80KB |
| Features | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg-pdfium-render leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pdfium-auto is pre-1.0 — API may change.