PyPDF
Pure-Python library for reading, merging, splitting and transforming PDF files.
Used in agent projects
56
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#18 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
34.2M
PyPI, last 7 days, pypdf
GitHub stars
10.3K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How PyPDF is used
PyPDF is a dependency in 56 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #18 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (64.3%), Requests (51.8%), OpenAI Python Library (44.6%).
Often used with PyPDF
| python-dotenv | 64.3% of PyPDF projects · 9.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 51.8% of PyPDF projects · 9.7× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 44.6% of PyPDF projects · 23.2× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 41.1% of PyPDF projects · 9.6× more than average |
| LangChain (Python) | 41.1% of PyPDF projects · 37.0× more than average |
| Pillow | 41.1% of PyPDF projects · 17.9× more than average |
| python-docx | 41.1% of PyPDF projects · 89.9× more than average |
| Pydantic | 39.3% of PyPDF projects · 7.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PyPDF as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pypdf |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (54), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | owid/etl, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp, MDalamin5/End-to-End-Agentic-Ai-Automation-Lab, XargonWan/Synthetic_Heart, yesonsys03-web/VibeLign |
Alternatives to PyPDF
| 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) |