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When working with PDF files, you sometimes come across great services, libraries, or tools that you want to remember. Here’s our curated list—ranging from parsers for extracting text, images, and tables, to tools for automated PDF creation, processing, accessibility, and compliance. AI included!
We’re open-sourcing the Awesome PDF list. Check it out and give it a star!
The list includes:
Parsers, OCR and extraction - Need to extract something from PDFs? Start here.
Creation and production - Looking to generate PDFs? Here are some cool libraries and services.
Readers and viewers - Want to display PDFs in your app or website? This section may have what you need.
Accessibility - Accessibility and long-term preservation are hot topics—worth checking out!
Datasets - Enter the world of machine learning and AI. You might find the perfect dataset to train your next model.
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title: 'Awesome PDF: A Curated List of Libraries, Services, and Resources for Working with PDF Files'
description: 'Over time, we've gathered a collection of links to useful services, libraries, and datasets. Now it's time to share this curated list of PDF tools with the world.'
date: 2025-04-28
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# Awesome PDF: A Curated List of Libraries, Services, and Resources for Working with PDF Files
When working with PDF files, you sometimes come across great services, libraries, or tools that you want to remember. Here’s our curated list—ranging from parsers for extracting text, images, and tables, to tools for automated PDF creation, processing, accessibility, and compliance. AI included!
We’re open-sourcing the [Awesome PDF](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf?utm_source=site) list. Check it out and give it a star!
The list includes:
- [Parsers, OCR and extraction](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf#parsers-ocr-and-extraction) - Need to extract something from PDFs? Start here.
- [Creation and production](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf#creation-and-production) - Looking to generate PDFs? Here are some cool libraries and services.
- [Readers and viewers](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf#readers-and-viewers) - Want to display PDFs in your app or website? This section may have what you need.
- [Accessibility](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf#accessibility) - Accessibility and long-term preservation are hot topics—worth checking out!
- [Datasets](https://github.com/OneOffTech/awesome-pdf#datasets) - Enter the world of machine learning and AI. You might find the perfect dataset to train your next model.