Item detail
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opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf

opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf is a code repository that RepoRadar is tracking in its Document parsing section, currently rated Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.6 out of 10.

Score8.5
Popularity100.0
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.8
Novelty7.9
Momentum8.4
Maturity9.1
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.6
Setup ease7.1

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Document extraction is still one of the most common pain points in AI stacks, and a lot of teams are stuck choosing between brittle PDF text dumps and expensive hosted parsers. This matters because it offers a well-documented local core with OCR, layout retention, and citation-friendly structure that is directly useful for ingestion and retrieval workflows.

Who should use it

teams building RAG or document-ingestion pipelines around PDFs developers who need structured extraction with boxes, tables, and OCR instead of plain-text PDF scraping builders evaluating local-first PDF tooling before paying for a hosted parser

Who should skip it

Skip opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf unless the captured evidence suggests it solves a problem you are actively working on.

About this signal

opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf is tracked by RepoRadar as a code repository in the Document parsing section. It was first seen on 2026-07-19 and last updated on 2026-07-19. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. The standout signals for opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf are workflow potential (9.6) and maturity (9.1), while setup ease (7.1) trails — that balance shapes where it fits best. This page summarizes the evidence RepoRadar captured from https://github.com/opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf. The score, tier, risk label, and verdict on this page are never influenced by sponsorship, ads, or tips — they reflect only the usefulness, popularity, novelty, momentum, maturity, and evidence signals described in the RepoRadar methodology.

How this item is evaluated

RepoRadar assigned opendataloader-project/opendataloader-pdf a composite score of 8.5 out of 10, placing it in the Gold tier. This score combines weighted sub-signals: usefulness (35%), novelty (18%), momentum (14%), maturity (10%), open-source/build quality (7%), evidence quality (6%), workflow potential (6%), and setup ease (4%). Popularity is tracked separately at 100.0 and never affects the composite score or tier. The risk label of 'conditional' reflects inherent user-impacting hazards, not generic novelty. Items with no risk flag may still require normal code review before production use.

Putting this into practice? Read How to evaluate an AI tool before you adopt it for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

The parser works on user documents, so teams should review how extracted text, OCR artifacts, and images are stored or logged; Optional hybrid processing changes the privacy model compared with a strictly local parse path.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
pdf ocr document-parsing rag accessibility apache-2.0
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-07-29T14:27:32Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

5 dated snapshots retained from 2026-07-19 through 2026-07-29; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.5 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.6 current · +1.2 net
GitHub stars (observed)27,985 current · +519 net
GitHub stars27,985 exact observation
Versionv2.5.0
Last release2026-07-14T09:24:00Z
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineNo structured integrations recorded

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-07-298.59.627,985conditionaltry nowactive
2026-07-288.59.027,948conditionaltry nowactive
2026-07-218.58.427,580conditionaltry nowsource activity not yet measured
2026-07-208.58.427,531conditionaltry nowsource activity not yet measured
2026-07-198.58.427,466conditionaltry nowsource activity not yet measured

Why the record changed

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Source-observed stars changed: 27941 → 27948. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.

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