rustio rustio.net
53

pdf-extract

v0.10.0 Growing

A library to extract content from pdfs

MIT Edition 2018
#text#pdf#pdf2text#pdf2txt

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

Checking security advisories...
Downloads
957.4K
Dependents
1.0K
Releases
43
Size
98KB

Deep Insights

๐Ÿ“ˆ
Strong growth momentum

205.9K downloads in the last 30 days (6.9K/day), up 82% from the previous period.

๐Ÿ”—
Widely adopted

1.0K crates depend on pdf-extract. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

โš ๏ธ
Single maintainer risk

pdf-extract has only 1 owner despite 1.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

๐Ÿ”ฌ
Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, pdf-extract hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

๐ŸŒŸ
Used by top crates

Notable dependents include langchain-rust, havocompare, pmat, morsels_indexer, text_analysis. When high-quality crates choose pdf-extract, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
4K/day avg+158%
02K4K6K8K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.12
37%
v0.10.0
34%
v0.9.0
12%
v0.8.2
10%
v0.7.10
8%

Release Timeline

43 releasessince 2018
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
2018
17
2019
4
2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
4
2024
10
2025
5
2026
Less
More

README

Loading README...

Maintainers

Dependencies
12
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.0K
crates depend on pdf-extract

Similar Crates