Decision Workspace
pdfpurr vs kreuzberg vs unpdf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
pdfpurr
experimentalv0.4.0
A comprehensive pure-Rust PDF library for reading, writing, rendering, and validating PDF documents
65
kreuzberg
experimentalv4.9.8
High-performance document intelligence library for Rust. Extract text, metadata, and structured data from PDFs, Office documents, images, and 90+ formats and 300+ programming languages via tree-sitter code intelligence with async/sync APIs.
59
unpdf
experimentalv0.6.4
High-performance PDF content extraction to Markdown, text, and JSON
Core Metrics
| pdfpurr | kreuzberg | unpdf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 65 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 276 | 38.5K | 7.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 15.2K | 2.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 112 | 40 |
| Releases | 4 | 101 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 66d ago | today | 6d ago |
| Age | 2m | 5m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
pdfpurr
Maintenance
15
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
kreuzberg
Maintenance
20
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
unpdf
Maintenance
19
Quality
10
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pdfpurr | kreuzberg | unpdf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 4.9.8 | 0.6.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Elastic-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 34 | 111 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 693KB | 1.7MB | 2.1MB |
| Features | 4 | 50 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | 1.91 | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kreuzberg leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kreuzberg is depended on by 112 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •pdfpurr, unpdf are pre-1.0 — API may change.