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padam87/pdf-preflight
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A library to preflight (validate) PDF files against various standards.

v0.1.0(8y ago)5402[2 issues](https://github.com/Padam87/pdf-preflight/issues)MITPHPPHP 7.\*

Since Jul 8Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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PDF preflight
=============

[](#pdf-preflight)

The quintessential PDF preflight lib no PHP developer ever needs :)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The library is still under development, check `test.php` for an example, or come back later.

Special thanks to
-----------------

[](#special-thanks-to)

- [@yob](https://github.com/yob), for [his preflight library](https://github.com/yob/pdf-preflight) written in ruby
- Callas software gmbh for their [detailed technote about the X-1a and X-3 standards](http://www.pdfxreport.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=en:technote_pdfx_checks.pdf)

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance12

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3279d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/776488?v=4)[Adam Prager](/maintainers/Padam87)[@Padam87](https://github.com/Padam87)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

pdfphppreflight

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