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24 alternatives to Pdf to json based on xpdf

using XPDF, pdftojson extracts text from PDF files as JSON, including word bounding boxes. - ldenoue/pdftojson

This tool converts PDF files to JSON format using the xpdf library as its foundation. It's designed for developers and data engineers who need to extract and structure PDF content for programmatic processing. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pdf to json based on xpdf launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Parse PDF to Json with AI and BYO-JSON-Schema

    2025 · pdftojson.dev · its alternatives →

  2. 2SC

    Hi HN, I'm a freelance developer, and I built SnazzyPDF in my spare time to solve a problem I encountered frequently: converting structured data into PDF documents. The existing solutions I found either required manually creating a template or forced you to transform your data into a specific structure. I wanted a tool where you could simply input arbitrary JSON data and get a decent-looking document out. That's why I built SnazzyPDF. * Works with any JSON: No need to restructure your data. SnazzyPDF handles (almost) any JSON data, including deeply nested arrays and objects. * Use REST API…

    2024 · snazzypdf.com · its alternatives →

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    PDFShift▲386

    Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.

    2018 · pdfshift.io · 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 →

  5. 5PF

    2021 · pdf.math.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, Nick here. We're super excited to officially launch PDF.js Express [1]. PDF.js Express wraps a modern React UI around the PDF.js rendering engine to enable PDF annotation, form filling, and signing inside your web app. We've also made some improvements to PDF.js text search, and taken a different approach to how the viewer uses the PDF.js rendering API, resulting in sharp graphics at any zoom magnification [2]. Based on our research, more than 70% of those who try to implement these features on top of PDF.js find it too difficult or time-intensive [3]. For those who are successful,…

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Transform Your PDFs Into Structured JSON

    2024 · convertpdftojson.com · its alternatives →

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    Documind is an open-source tool that turns documents into structured data using AI. What it does: - Extracts specific data from PDFs based on your custom schema - Returns clean, structured JSON that's ready to use - Works with just a PDF link + your schema definition Just run npm install documind to get started.

    2024 · github.com · 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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    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 →

  11. 11PA

    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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    WebPDF▲103

    Simple PDF API & web toolkit

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    The API to convert anything into PDF

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Mirror of puffinsoft/jscanify for backwards CDN compatibility. - ColonelParrot/jscanify

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Create PDF documents from data and templates

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    FlexPDF▲83

    Free PDF to HTML Converter for Publishers

    2022 · magloft.com · its alternatives →

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    Pdf.to▲42

    PDF.to converts PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG and more. Compress, merge, split, rotate, OCR and edit PDFs online for free. Fast, secure PDF processing with no software to install.

    2021 · pdf.to · its alternatives →

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    Transform your data from XML or JSON to high quality, beautiful and readable documents in PDF, HTML, PNG or JPG.

    2017 · prexview.com · its alternatives →

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    Convert pdf to excel, split pdf & more

    2025 · pdfmodo.com · its alternatives →

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    Extract JSON object from PDF and image files.

    2025 · documentextract.com · its alternatives →

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    FiPDF — Convert Images to PDF with OCR, No Upload Needed

    2025 · fipdf.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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