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Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.
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70
review score
Problem solved
It solves the problem of expensive OCR services for text-based PDFs by handling them locally in under 200ms, and provides accurate text extraction and Markdown conversion for structured documents.
Deployment reality
The available setup signal starts with: cargo add pdf-inspector. Treat this as a starting point, then ask Codex or Claude to inspect the README, environment variables, runtime version, and deployment target before production use.
Commercial use
The recorded license is MIT. This is a useful commercial-use signal, but teams should still verify license text, dependencies, model/API terms, and trademark constraints.
Capability ceiling
firecrawl/pdf-inspector still needs a clearer capability analysis. Use the metadata as a discovery signal, not as a production recommendation.
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firecrawl/pdf-inspector is tracked as a Rust project in the general open source area. This evaluation combines public GitHub metadata, category signals, short source summaries, and Git-Stars editorial rules rather than copying project documentation.
Momentum check: the repository has 15k total stars, with +0 today, +3.3k this week, and +0 this month. These growth windows help distinguish durable adoption from short-lived visibility spikes.
Maintenance check: current activity is Active; the latest push was 9 days ago, and the open issue queue is 150, about 0.98% of total stars. Treat this as an adoption signal, not a substitute for engineering due diligence.
Adoption check: 1.1k forks and 15k watchers suggest how often the project is reused or followed. License signal: MIT. Always verify license compatibility before commercial or internal use.
Practical fit: this project is most relevant when you need Rust teams evaluating ecosystem-native tooling. Be cautious when you need a legal review, security audit, or production SLA.
Source check: Git-Stars currently has 2 explicit source reference(s) for this report and a recent growth signal of 7.2k. Follow the original GitHub repository for final install, security, and release information.
Analysis
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Sources
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License
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Maintenance
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Alternatives
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Momentum
15k Stars
Reuse
1.1k Forks
Attention
15k Watchers
Maintenance
active
License
MIT
Open issues
150
pdf-inspector is a fast Rust library for PDF classification and text extraction. It detects whether a PDF is text-based or scanned, extracts text with position awareness, and converts to clean Markdown without OCR. It includes bindings for Python, Node.js, and browser WebAssembly.
Key Features
- Smart classification (TextBased, Scanned, ImageBased, Mixed) with confidence scores and per-page OCR routing. - Position-aware text extraction with font info, coordinates, and multi-column reading order. - Markdown conversion with headings, lists, code blocks, tables, bold/italic, URL linking, and page breaks. - Table detection (rectangle-based and heuristic), CID font support, encoding issue detection, and browser WebAssembly support.
Category signals are still being collected for this project.
cargo add pdf-inspector80
Health Score
Active
Commit Activity
Feb 6, 2026
Created
Aug 13, 2026
Last push
+294
Today's growth
+5.3k
7-day growth
+7.2k
30-day growth
Forks
Open
Watchers
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