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jbpapp/pdf-to-text
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Extract text from a pdf file using pdf-to-text binary.

2.0(7y ago)0920[1 PRs](https://github.com/jbpapp/pdf-to-text/pulls)MITPHP ^7.2

Since Mar 1Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/jbpapp/pdf-to-text)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jbpapp/pdf-to-text)[ Docs](https://github.com/jbpapp/pdf-to-text)[ RSS](/packages/jbpapp-pdf-to-text/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~545 days

Total

3

Last Release

2640d ago

Major Versions

1.1 → 2.02019-02-24

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0PHP ^5.6

1.1PHP ^5.6|^7.0

2.0PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

pdfpdf-to-text

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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