yfedoseev / pdf_oxide

The fastest PDF library for Python and Rust. Text extraction, image extraction, markdown conversion, PDF creation & editing. 0.8ms mean, 5× faster than industry leaders, 100% pass rate on 3,830 PDFs. MIT/Apache-2.0.

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What it does

The fastest PDF library for text extraction, image extraction, and markdown conversion. A Rust core with bindings for 19 languages — Python, Go, JavaScript / TypeScript, C# / .NET, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Clojure, Ruby, PHP, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Dart, R, Julia, Zig, Elixir, and WASM — plus a CLI tool and MCP server for AI assistants. 0.8ms mean per document, 5× faster than PyMuPDF, 15× faster than pypdf. 100% pass rate on 3,830 real-world PDFs. MIT licensed.

Get started

No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)

Maintenance: Active; Last commit 13 days ago
Stars: 1,186; +11 this week
Licence: Apache-2.0; Allows business use
Downloads for: 3 systems; Mac, Windows, Linux
Latest version: v0.3.78; Released 2 months ago
Built with: Rust; 76% of the code

Is it looked after?

Contributors: 4; Last 90 days
Issues: 93% closed; 181 still open
Pull requests: 326 merged; 28 waiting
Releases: 84; 30+ in the last year

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Download files, v0.3.78

Mac14 files, 350 downloads
Windows6 files, 381 downloads
Linux18 files, 1,621 downloads

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Languages

Rust 76%
TypeScript 4%
C# 3%
C 2%

Topics

document-processing
pdf
pdf-editor
pdf-generation
pdf-library
pdf-parser
python
rust
text-extraction
data-extraction
fast
image-extraction

Project record

JobOther AI tools
StatusListed
Commits1,693
Forks152
Watching2
Stars in 28 days+106
CreatedNov 5, 2025
First seen by usNov 7, 2026
CheckedNov 12, 2026