Decision Workspace
rpdfium vs kreuzberg-pdfium-render vs unpdf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
rpdfium
experimentalv7676.6.4
A faithful Rust port of Google's PDFium PDF rendering engine
66
kreuzberg-pdfium-render
experimentalv4.6.3
High-level idiomatic Rust wrapper around Pdfium. Fork of pdfium-render with Kreuzberg patches.
57
unpdf
experimentalv0.2.4
High-performance PDF content extraction to Markdown, text, and JSON
Core Metrics
| rpdfium | kreuzberg-pdfium-render | unpdf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 66 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 71 | 31.6K | 3.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 60 | 6.8K | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 60 | 24 |
| Releases | 5 | 26 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | today | 18d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
rpdfium
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
kreuzberg-pdfium-render
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
unpdf
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rpdfium | kreuzberg-pdfium-render | unpdf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 7676.6.4 | 4.6.3 | 0.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 18 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 80KB | 402KB | 101KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.91 | 1.75 |
| 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.
- •unpdf is pre-1.0 — API may change.