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

2.0.4(6y ago)010.7kMITPHP ^5.5|^5.6|~7.0

Since Dec 31Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/forest2087/pdf-to-text)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/forest/pdf-to-text)[ Docs](https://github.com/forest2087/pdf-to-text)[ RSS](/packages/forest-pdf-to-text/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced today

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~150 days

Recently: every ~171 days

Total

10

Last Release

2483d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02015-12-31

1.0.3 → 2.0.02017-10-24

PHP version history (4 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.0

2.0.0PHP >=5.5

2.0.1PHP ^5.5|^5.6

2.0.4PHP ^5.5|^5.6|~7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/964803?v=4)[Forest Wang](/maintainers/forest2087)[@forest2087](https://github.com/forest2087)

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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