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firecrawl/pdf-inspector

Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.

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How fast firecrawl/pdf-inspector is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +967 in 61 days

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Forks +118 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 57 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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Sun, Sep 6, 2026+27+20
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+36+21
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+26+24
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+25+55
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+34+42
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+31+33
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+25+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+15+10
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+28+41
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+22+23
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+26+31
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+30+50
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+33+42
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+19+31
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+19+710
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+26+47
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+12+33
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+14+43
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+23+01
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+17+42
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+10+10
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+22+23
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+18+04
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+19+20
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+20+20
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+10+00
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+11+40
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+13+00
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+13+30
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+11+60
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+9+30
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+20+01
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+18+10
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+16+10
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+17+20
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+36+10
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+18+20
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+18+20
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+4+00
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+4+20
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+8+40
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+6+10
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+9+10
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+14+20
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+7+20
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+10+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+10+10
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+9+10
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+0+10
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+4+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+6+10
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+11+10
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+11+00
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+11+00
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+16+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+7+30
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+8+20
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+9+00
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+6+20
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+8+00
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+2+00
Total+967+11857
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    • GitHub trending history

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    1. Nov 41 post

      • PDF 直接喂 AI，Token 烧得心疼？ Firecrawl 开源了个 pdf-inspector，本地先摸一遍底：能直接读的转 Markdown，只有缺文本的页面才上 OCR。 我原本以为又是套壳，结果它真就只干这一件事。 仓库：

        Read full on X, posted by @yang3izc

        @yang3izc · x.com

    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Sep 121 post

      • It uses @kepano's Defuddle library to get page contents as markdown You can also have the model read from every tab you have open, not just the one you're on, so you can tab switch at will

        Read full on X, posted by @joaoeira

        @joaoeira · x.com

    4. 8 days earlier
    5. Sep 41 post

      • I tried pdf-inspector on a 947-page clinical listing to see if it could replace my current PDF table extraction pipeline. For my use case, readable text is not enough. I need to know exactly which…

        Read full on X, posted by @Ubunta

        @Ubunta · x.com

    6. Sep 21 post

      • Today’s GitGoat find: turn a PDF into clean Markdown without uploading it. Firecrawl’s pdf-inspector runs locally, preserves headings, tables and reading order, and routes only the pages that need…

        Read full on X, posted by @gitgoats

        @gitgoats · x.com

    7. Aug 311 post

      • 是个很棒的库！我看看有没有可以用上的。

        Read full on X, posted by @moskize91

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    8. 9 days earlier
    9. Aug 221 post

      • 5/10 SKILLS Practical AI skills for real engineers from Matt Pocock. TypeScript, testing, architecture, and real engineering habits. No fluff.

        Read full on X, posted by @W0ndar

        @W0ndar · x.com

    10. 9 days earlier
    11. Aug 131 post

      • 【本周GitHub AI 热榜】 这周最明显的信号是，AI Agent 开始从“会聊天、会写代码”，走向“能长期干活”。 1. reverse-skill GitHub: 本周新增 9,784 星。 这是一个 AI 安全技能路由包，面向逆向工程和渗透测试场景。它解决的问题很具体：AI 编码助手遇到 APK、二进制、JS 加密、渗透目标时，知道该调用什么工具链，而不是瞎猜。…

        Read full on X, posted by @William88Crypto

        @William88Crypto · x.com

    12. Aug 122 posts

      • 👋🏼ADIÓS a pagar OCR para leer PDFs! Estás mandando TODOS tus PDFs a un servicio de OCR. Y más de la mitad NO lo necesitan. Firecrawl ha soltado pdf-inspector: Una librería en Rust que mira el PDF…

        Read full on X, posted by @josesilesdata

        @josesilesdata · x.com

      • 识别PDF类型并提取出干净的Markdown：pdf-inspector，200个PDF 0.47秒 它把PDF分类和文本提取分开了，先判断PDF的类型，文本型、扫描件、图片型还是混合型，然后精确到具体哪几页需要OCR，按需OCR 文本型的直接本地提取Markdown，扫描件才路由到OCR 提取带位置感知+自动多栏布局；表格能处理财务报表、跨页连续表格、脚注表等 #PDF转markdown…

        Read full on X, posted by @aigclink

        @aigclink · x.com

    13. Aug 101 post

      • 1/ reverse-skill — Routes AI agents to the right reverse engineering and pentesting tools and workflows based on the task 👉 ⭐ 23,145 total · +9,784 this week

        Read full on X, posted by @TrendingAIRepos

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