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dragomirt/pdf-to-text
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Extract text from a pdf

1.5.3(4y ago)03.9k↓100%MITPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Dec 31Compare

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~180 days

Recently: every ~92 days

Total

13

Last Release

1622d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02015-12-31

PHP version history (3 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.0

1.3.0PHP ^7.3

1.4.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

spatiepdfOCRpdf-to-textdragomirt

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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