pdftools: Text Extraction, Rendering and Converting of PDF Documents
Utilities based on 'libpoppler' <https://poppler.freedesktop.org> for extracting text, fonts, attachments and metadata from a PDF file. Also supports high quality rendering of PDF documents into PNG, JPEG, TIFF format, or into raw bitmap vectors for further processing in R.
| Version: | 3.6.0 |
| Imports: | Rcpp (≥ 0.12.12), qpdf |
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp |
| Suggests: | png, webp, tesseract, testthat |
| Published: | 2025-09-10 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.pdftools |
| Author: | Jeroen Ooms  [aut,
cre] |
| Maintainer: | Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/ropensci/pdftools/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://ropensci.r-universe.dev/pdftools, https://docs.ropensci.org/pdftools/ |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| SystemRequirements: | Poppler C++ API: libpoppler-cpp-dev (deb) or poppler-cpp-devel (rpm), and poppler-data (rpm/deb) package. |
| Materials: | NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | pdftools results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | pdftools.html , pdftools.pdf |
Downloads:
| Package source: | pdftools_3.6.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: pdftools_3.6.0.zip, r-release: pdftools_3.6.0.zip, r-oldrel: pdftools_3.6.0.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz |
| Old sources: | pdftools archive |
Reverse dependencies:
| Reverse imports: | arete, biodosetools, chatAI4R, daiR, disclosuR, doconv, dtrackr, eurlex, findR, gdiff, ggdiagram, huito, IDEATools, iheiddown, LJexm, LLMAgentR, mapscanner, mlts, OMICsPCA, PacketLLM, pdfcombiner, pdfsearch, pooledpeaks, RAGFlowChainR, readtext, revise, speech, staplr, SwimmeR, tall, tesseract, texor, TextForecast, tidyllm, timeLineGraphics, Tivy, vmeasur |
| Reverse suggests: | bagyo, caracas, dispersionIndicators, docorator, easyr, fairadapt, fixest, flextable, fplot, gMOIP, googleLanguageR, gridGraphics, inlpubs, LexisNexisTools, magick, orderanalyzer, pagedown, patientProfilesVis, piecepackr, plotgardener, polarzonoid, poldis, ricu, rjtools, rock, RRphylo, seqArchRplus, spelling, TBox, texPreview, tm, troopdata, verifyr2, xmpdf |
Linking:
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