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shalao/tabula
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tabula
======

[](#tabula)

tabula is a tool for liberating data tables trapped inside PDF files for the Laravel framework. This package was inspired by Python’s tabula-py package.

### How to install

[](#how-to-install)

```
composer require shalao/tabula

```

### Configuration Settings (Needed Java)

[](#configuration-settings-needed-java)

\[Windows\]

. Please System Path Adding.

\[Mac os\]

```
brew update

```

```
brew cask install java

```

\[Debian\]

```
sudo apt install default-jre

```

\[Fedora\]

```
sudo dnf install java-latest-openjdk

```

### How to use on Tabula (Example)

[](#how-to-use-on-tabula-example)

```
$tabula = new Tabula('/usr/bin/');

$tabula->convertInto(
  storage_path('app/public/pdf/test.pdf'),
  storage_path('app/public/json/test.csv'),
  'csv',
  'all'
);

$tabula->convertIntoByBatch(
  storage_path('app/public/pdf'),
  'json',
  'all'
);

```

### License

[](#license)

tabula is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

### Reference

[](#reference)

[laravel-tabula](https://github.com/initred/laravel-tabula)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1696d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5d35986abcf260a9b3288f9f7fade661a14c6c3dca66f6c97672424904a14fc7?d=identicon)[shalao](/maintainers/shalao)

---

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