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24 alternatives to jPDFText
Java PDF Library to Extract Text from PDFs
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. jPDFText launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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a Java library to create and manipulate with PDF documents
2018 · qoppa.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · stamplin.com · its alternatives →
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Converts a pdf file into a text file while keeping the layout of the original pdf. Useful to extract the content from a table in a pdf file for instance. This is a subclass of PDFTextStripper class (from the Apache PDFBox library). - JonathanLink/PDFLayoutTextStripper
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built EmbedPDF: an MIT-licensed, open-source PDF viewer that aims to match all of Adobe Acrobat’s paid features… for free. Already working: - Annotations (highlight, sticky notes, free text, ink) - True redaction (content actually removed) - Search, text selection, zoom, rotation - Runs fully in the browser, no server needed - Drop-in SDK for React, Vue, Preact, vanilla JS Why? Acrobat is heavy, closed, and pricey. I wanted something lightweight, hackable, and embeddable anywhere. Demo: https://app.embedpdf.com/ Website: https://www.embedpdf.com/ GitHub:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Download Copyfish for Firefox. Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDF? If yes, then the Copyfish free OCR software is for you. Until now, your only option was to retype the text. Copyfish is so much faster and more fun. It can do desktop screenshots and OCR, too.
2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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📄 PDF/IMG ->.MD/JSON Document OCR API for PaddleOCR and GLMOCR. Self-hostable. - majcheradam/ocrbase
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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UPDF AI▲282Chat with Any PDF and Ask AI Anything, Summarize, Translate.
2025 · ai.updf.com · its alternatives →
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create images from pages in a PDF document and export them
2018 · qoppa.com · its alternatives →
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allows your application to get and set field values
2018 · qoppa.com · its alternatives →
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using XPDF, pdftojson extracts text from PDF files as JSON, including word bounding boxes. - ldenoue/pdftojson
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The web-based pdf to plain text extractor
2018 · manipulist.com · its alternatives →
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I'm excited to showcase Kreuzberg! Kreuzberg is a modern Python library built from the ground up with async/await, type hints, and optimized I/O handling. It provides a unified interface for extracting text from documents (PDFs, images, office files) without external API dependencies. Key technical features: - Built with modern Python best practices (async/await, type hints, functional-first) - Optimized async I/O with anyio for multi-loop compatibility - Smart worker process pool for CPU-bound tasks (OCR, doc conversion) - Efficient batch processing with concurrent…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PDF Dino▲155Extract structured tables from messy PDFs using AI. Export to Excel, CSV, or JSON. Try 20 pages free—no credit card needed.
2025 · pdfdino.com · its alternatives →
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PDFx is a tool to extract infos and URLs from a PDF, and to easily download all referenced PDFs
2015 · metachris.com · its alternatives →
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LiquidText revolutionizes reading, analyzing, and annotating documents, and saves you time. - "Most innovative iPad app of the year" Apple - "All you need for deep research" MacWorld
2012 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →
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To optimize and reduce the size of PDF documents
2018 · qoppa.com · its alternatives →
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