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switchsystems/pdfbox
====================

Re-packaging of Apache PDFBox utlity for working with PDFs

2.0.18(6y ago)05.5kApache-2.0PHP

Since May 22Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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pdfbox
======

[](#pdfbox)

This repository is a composer packaging of the Apache PDFBox utility.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The git tag is equal to the packages binary version.

```
composer require switchsystems/pdfbox "2.0.9"

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

The location of the binary is available via the `PATH` constant:

```
\SwitchSystems\PDFBox\PDFBox::PATH
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~598 days

Total

2

Last Release

2317d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e7f19b47e122e6ae68ca57ea71a8874e0d5111603fb1e896358844134a89d76b?d=identicon)[switchsystems](/maintainers/switchsystems)

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Top Contributors

[![exptom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4302032?v=4)](https://github.com/exptom "exptom (5 commits)")

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