Poppler Alternatives

Poppler is described as 'This is Poppler, a library for rendering PDF files, and examining or modifying their structure. Poppler originally came from the XPDF sources; please see the file README-XPDF for the original xpdf-3.03 README' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to Poppler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and JavaScript apps. The best Poppler alternative is EmbedPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Poppler are PDFium, BFO Java PDF Library, OpenPDF and ZetPDF.

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  1. EmbedPDF icon

    EmbedPDF

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    EmbedPDF is a framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed PDF viewer that drops into any JavaScript project. Whether you build with React, Vue, Svelte, Preact, or vanilla JS, EmbedPDF delivers a smooth, modern reading experience and a clean developer API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Vue.js
    EmbedPDF screenshot 1
     

    • EmbedPDF is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Poppler.

    • EmbedPDF is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Poppler.

    • EmbedPDF is Free and Open SourcePoppler is also Free and Open Source
    • EmbedPDF is CustomizablePoppler is not according to our users
  2. PDFium icon

    PDFium

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    PDFium is Google's PDF generation and rendering library. It's used in Chrome for displaying PDFs and print preview and on Android for PDF rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDFium screenshot 1
     

    • PDFium is the most popular Windows alternative to Poppler.

    • PDFium is Free and Open SourcePoppler is also Free and Open Source
  4. BFO Java PDF Library icon

    BFO Java PDF Library

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    BFOs PDF library for creating, editing, displaying and printing Acrobat PDF documents. The PDF API is small, fast, easy to use and integrate into your projects, and is completely written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • BFO Java PDF Library is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Poppler.

    • BFO Java PDF Library is the most popular commercial alternative to Poppler.

    • BFO Java PDF Library is Paid and ProprietaryPoppler is Free and Open Source
  5. OpenPDF icon

    OpenPDF

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    OpenPDF is a free Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is based on a fork of iText.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    OpenPDF screenshot 1
     
  6. ZetPDF icon

    ZetPDF

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    ZetPDF is a C# ASP.NET VB.NET PDF API to create PDF documents from scratch using API or XML. PDF library for Windows Forms, WPF and Silverlight as well.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • ASP.NET
    • .NET Framework
    • Microsoft Silverlight
    • Mono
     
  7. pdfme icon

    pdfme

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    Open-source PDF generation library built with TypeScript and React. Features a WYSIWYG template designer, PDF viewer, and powerful generation capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     

    • pdfme is the most popular Web-based alternative to Poppler.

    • pdfme is Free and Open SourcePoppler is also Free and Open Source
  9. Apache PDFBox icon

    Apache PDFBox

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    The Apache PDFBox™ library is an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. PDF-LIB icon

    PDF-LIB

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    PDF-LIB is a JavaScript library to let you create and modify PDF documents in any JavaScript environment. Create documents from scratch, or modify existing PDF documents. Draw text, images, and vector graphics. Even embed your own fonts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    PDF-LIB screenshot 1
     
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