Alternatives to pdf-summarizer
pdf-summarizer is an agent skill by Tencent: Summarize the key points of a PDF document into a short bullet list. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent skills cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match pdf-summarizer and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. golden-pdf leads the list (larger repository (15.2K stars)). 1 of them is published by the company behind the product. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with pdf-summarizer.
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pdf-summarizer
Summarize the key points of a PDF document into a short bullet list.
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yusufkaraaslan
Use when testing the pdf golden build
- Larger repository (15.2K stars)
★ 15.2KLast active Sep 30, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2golden-pdf-kw
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- Larger repository (15.2K stars)
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AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3pdf-explore
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- Active in the last 30 days
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AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4make-pdf
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Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF.
- Larger repository (137.5K stars)
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- Active in the last 30 days
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AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6render-pdf-doc
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Use when rendering a Markdown document (English or Korean) such as a proposal, IRB cover letter, handout or reference table to PDF via pandoc and xelatex…
- Supports bash and Python
★ 349Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7pubmed-summariser
ClawBio contributors
Search PubMed, preserve complete abstracts and sections, and produce research briefings with abstract openings or optional OpenAI/Ollama summaries.
- Supports Python
★ 1.2KLast active Sep 11, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 8pdf-backends
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Change or diagnose Xberg PDF extraction, native/Pdfium backend selection, PDF rendering sessions, encrypted documents, OCR fallback, or backend-specific…
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- Active in the last 30 days
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anbeime
综合办公文员与软件开发工程师当需要批量处理PDF表单、提取表格或进行OCR识别时,使用内置脚本一键完成自动化提取与数据校验,彻底告别繁琐的手动录入,让复杂文档工作流高效、稳健落地。
- Supports Python
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BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 10pdf
snykOfficial
Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms.
- Supports Python
★ 3.2KLast active Oct 20, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11pdf-summary
zzir
Summarize PDF documents into concise bullet points.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 13Last active Oct 8, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12pdf-processing-openai
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Toolkit for comprehensive PDF reading, reviwing, and creation with visual quality control.
★ 895Last active Jul 30, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet