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lopdf

v0.40.0 Growing

A Rust library for PDF document manipulation.

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85
Text processing #editing#pdf#manipulation#merge

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 8d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (34 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
5.3M
Dependents
1.5K
Releases
50
Size
7.5MB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

950.8K downloads in the last 30 days (31.7K/day), up 55% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.5K crates depend on lopdf. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

lopdf has only 1 owner despite 1.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, lopdf hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

34 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Large crate size

7.5MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include c2pa, pdf-extract, printpdf, rig-core, genpdf. When high-quality crates choose lopdf, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
21K/day avg+137%
010K20K30K40K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.36.0
40%
v0.31.0
19%
v0.34.0
18%
v0.26.0
12%
v0.38.0
10%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["chrono", "jiff", "rayon", "time"]

jiff*time*asyncserdechrono*wasm_jsembed_image

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
34
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.5K
crates depend on lopdf

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