Decision Workspace
poppler-rs vs poppler-sys-rs vs pdftotext
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
66
poppler-rs
growingv0.26.0
High-level (safe) bindings for poppler-glib
66
poppler-sys-rs
growingv0.26.0
Low-level (FFI) bindings for poppler-glib
46
pdftotext
growingv0.1.5
High-level library that binds to Poppler to extract text from a PDF
Core Metrics
| poppler-rs | poppler-sys-rs | pdftotext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 66 | 66 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 184.3K | 183.6K | 8.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 9.1K | 9.2K | 19 |
| Dependents | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Releases | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 34d ago | 34d ago | 1927d ago |
| Age | 4y 4m | 4y 4m | 5y 3m |
Health Breakdown
poppler-rs
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
poppler-sys-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
pdftotext
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| poppler-rs | poppler-sys-rs | pdftotext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.26.0 | 0.26.0 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-2.0 OR GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 47KB | 32KB | 2.6MB |
| Features | 22 | 22 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.92.0 | 1.92.0 | — |
| Owners | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •poppler-rs leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ pdftotext has not been updated in over a year.