DocRipper – Scrape .doc|.docx|.pdf|.txt|.sketch with 1 command
Parse text contents from common file formats. Contribute to pzaich/doc_ripper development by creating an account on GitHub.
DocRipper – Scrape .doc|.docx|.pdf|.txt|.sketch with 1 command launched on August 16, 2016 with 14 votes, #1,727 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
DocRipper is a command-line tool for extracting data from multiple document formats including Word documents, PDFs, text files, and Sketch files. Designed for developers and data professionals who need to process documents programmatically, it simplifies batch extraction with a single command rather than requiring separate tools for each file type. The tool has been available since 2016 and is open-source on GitHub.
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