PDF.js
Mozilla's PDF rendering library for displaying and working with PDFs in browsers.
Files, images and media npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
86
0.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#10 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
32.1M
npm, last 7 days, pdfjs-dist
GitHub stars
54K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How PDF.js is used
PDF.js is a dependency in 86 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.7%), #10 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use Lucide React (70.9%), React (89.5%), Tailwind Merge (54.7%).
Often used with PDF.js
| Lucide React | 70.9% of PDF.js projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| React | 89.5% of PDF.js projects · 2.1× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 54.7% of PDF.js projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Vitest | 45.3% of PDF.js projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 47.7% of PDF.js projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Zod | 52.3% of PDF.js projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 74.4% of PDF.js projects · 2.1× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 38.4% of PDF.js projects · 4.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PDF.js as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install pdfjs-dist |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (45), TypeScript / JavaScript (38), Python (2), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | 1600822305/AetherLink, vinhnx/vtchat, alkem-io/server, zonuexe/riida, RajwanYair/WoodworkingShop |
Alternatives to PDF.js
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp npm High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats. |
390 (3.1%) | 115M | 32.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
| Nodemailer npm Send emails from Node.js applications with support for multiple transport methods. |
232 (1.8%) | 25.2M | 17.7K | MIT-0 |
| jsPDF npm Generate PDF documents directly from JavaScript in browsers and Node.js. |
184 (1.4%) | 15.6M | 31.3K | MIT |
| qrcode (JavaScript) npm Generate QR codes on server and client using canvas with Node.js and browser support. |
163 (1.3%) | 29.7M | 8,178 | MIT |
| SheetJS npm Parse and generate spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) in Node.js and browsers. |
146 (1.1%) | 12.7M | 36.3K | Apache-2.0 |
| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
115 (0.9%) | 18.5M | 31.9K | MIT |
| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
96 (0.8%) | 47.5M | 10.4K | (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) |