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PDF parsing in Racket is a library for the Racket programming language that enables users to extract and process data from PDF files. Developed as a weekend project, it is designed for Racket developers who need to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PDF parsing in Racket, my weekend project launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Open-source Rule-based PDF parser for RAG▲293

   The PDF parser is a rule based parser which uses text co-ordinates (boundary box), graphics and font data. The PDF parser works off text layer and also offers a OCR option to automatically use OCR if there are scanned pages in your PDFs. The OCR feature is based off a modified version of tika which uses tesseract underneath. The PDF Parser offers the following features: * Sections and subsections along with their levels. * Paragraphs - combines lines. * Links between sections and paragraphs. * Tables along with the section the tables are found in. * Lists and nested lists. * Join content…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   AnyParser Pro▲602

   Parse multi-language images and documents into JSON/markdown

   2025 · cambioml.com · its alternatives →

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   Parsing horse racing charts with Apache PDFBox▲115

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Parqeye – A CLI tool to visualize and inspect Parquet files▲167

   I built a Rust-based CLI/terminal UI for inspecting Parquet files—data, metadata, and row-group-level structure—right from the terminal. If someone sent me a Parquet file, I used to open DuckDB or Polars just to see what was inside. Now I can do it with one command. Repo: https://github.com/kaushiksrini/parqeye

   Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Convert PDF files into structured data▲107

   Docparser helps you extract important data from Word, PDF, CSV, XLS, TXT, XML, and image files. Send to Excel, Google Sheets, and 100s of apps.

   2016 · docparser.com · its alternatives →

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   PDF to MD by LLMs – Extract Text/Tables/Image Descriptives by GPT4o▲191

   I've developed a Python API service that uses GPT-4o for OCR on PDFs. It features parallel processing and batch handling for improved performance. Not only does it convert PDF to markdown, but it also describes the images within the PDF using captions like `[Image: This picture shows 4 people waving]`. In testing with NASA's Apollo 17 flight documents, it successfully converted complex, multi-oriented pages into well-structured Markdown. The project is open-source and available on GitHub. Feedback is welcome.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A RISC-V core in Racket▲122

   2021 · guillaume.baierouge.fr · its alternatives →

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   Parsr – A toolchain to transform documents into usable structured text▲182

   2020 · par.sr · its alternatives →

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   PDF API – Generate, convert, and modify PDF documents▲204

   Hi HN, Arek here. We’re super excited to officially launch PSPDFKit API [1]. PSPDFKit API is a collection of HTTP APIs that enable you to convert, generate, and edit documents without running any service on your infrastructure. What differentiates our API from others is that you can chain together multiple “actions” as part of a single API request. For example, you can convert, OCR, watermark, edit, and flatten a document — all in one call. Available actions [2]: - PDF Generator - PDF Converter - Image Converter - OCR - Watermark - Merge - Split - Duplicate - Delete - Flatten Our…

   2022 · its alternatives →

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    PDF Dino▲155

    Extract 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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    I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket▲226

    2025 · defn.io · its alternatives →

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    Racket▲3

    Programming language and platform for language development.

    2022 · racket-lang.org · its alternatives →

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    Document Parser by Contextual AI▲118

    Rank a list of documents according to their relevance to a query primarily and your custom instructions secondarily. We evaluated the model on instructions for recency, document type, source, and metadata, and it can generalize to other instructions as well. The reranker supports multilinguality. Th

    2025 · docs.contextual.ai · its alternatives →

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    Pystitcher – A Declarative Alternative to Pdftk▲117

    pystitcher stitches your PDF files together, generating nice customizable bookmarks for you using a declarative markdown file as input - captn3m0/pystitcher

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PGet – Chunk downloader for python▲25

    Fast download in chunks. Contribute to halilozercan/pget development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Three clicks to record an audio discussion and publish it to the web▲16

    2021 · racket.com · its alternatives →

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    an API to extract text from a PDF▲51

    2013 · stamplin.com · its alternatives →

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    Bitwar Online PDF Converter▲68

    Convert PDF to Word, Excel and many other formats

    2021 · bitwarsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Parqv – Interactive TUI Parquet Visualizer▲18

    Interactive Python TUI for visualizing and analyzing files with multiple formats - sanspareilsmyn/parqv

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Built a tool solve the nightmare of chunking tables in PDF vs. Markdown▲15

    Hey HN, solo dev here. After years of frustration with how LLMs handle complex documents, especially PDFs with tables, I decided to build a solution myself. My approach uses a Markdown conversion step to preserve the table structure, which seems to work surprisingly well for chunking. This little parser is the first public piece of a much larger, privacy-focused AI platform I'm building. I'm pretty much running on fumes financially, so any feedback, critique, or support is massively appreciated. Happy to answer any questions about the approach!

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TableHarvest▲8

    Extract tables from pdfs in seconds

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    We created a Mac app that creates presentations from Markdown▲35

    Turn notes and outlines into beautiful presentations with Deckset for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

    2014 · decksetapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Parse a PDF from your terminal with PaddleOCR-VL-1.6▲7

    I built OpenParser because I wanted PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 behind an endpoint I could actually use. Now there are open-sourced CLI and TypeScript/Python SDKs: ``` npm install -g @openparser/cli openparser auth login openparser parse sync document.pdf ``` That is basically it. It doesnt get easier and cheaper that this. Give it a PDF and get back the text and document structure. Repo: https://github.com/eigenpal/openparser I would love feedback from anyone willing to try the CLI and tell me what is still annoying.

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Instaparser – An API for Instapaper's parser▲12

    Structured article extraction, PDF parsing, and AI-ready summaries through one fast API.

    2016 · instaparser.com · its alternatives →

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