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AI · August 3, 2026

PDF Inspector Web UI

Parse PDFs to Markdown for AI Agents, in your browser

PDF Inspector Web UI launched on August 3, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.

What it does

Turn PDFs into clean, structured Markdown entirely in your browser. Built with Firecrawl's Rust-based pdf-inspector compiled to WebAssembly, this zero-dependency app needs no backend, uploads, API key, or installation. Drag & drop a PDF, inspect document stats, preview Markdown, export JSON, and process files privately in milliseconds. Perfect for AI agents, RAG, LLM, and document-processing workflows.

Parse and extract PDFs to structured Markdown in the browser, powered by pdf-inspector (Firecrawl) compiled to WebAssembly.

Fetched straight from the browser. If the host blocks CORS, the demo retries through a public read-only proxy. Bundled fixtures from the pdf-inspector test suite — one click, instant demo. Upload a PDF, paste a URL, or open a sample to see structuredfrom aianytime.github.io

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