pdf-reader-mcp and pdf-mcp

These two tools are competitors, as both aim to provide a production-ready MCP server for PDF processing, with B emphasizing speed and test coverage.

pdf-reader-mcp

Established

pdf-mcp

Established

Maintenance 13/25

Adoption 10/25

Maturity 16/25

Community 17/25

Maintenance 13/25

Adoption 12/25

Maturity 18/25

Community 9/25

Stars: 547

Forks: 57

Downloads: —

Commits (30d): 2

Language: TypeScript

License: MIT

Stars: 7

Forks: 1

Downloads: 1,820

Commits (30d): 0

Language: Python

License: MIT

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About pdf-reader-mcp

SylphxAI/pdf-reader-mcp

📄 Production-ready MCP server for PDF processing - 5-10x faster with parallel processing and 94%+ test coverage

Implements Model Context Protocol server using stdio transport with automatic error recovery per-page, enabling seamless integration with Claude, VS Code, and Cursor. Features Y-coordinate-based content ordering to preserve natural document layout and supports both local file paths (absolute/relative) and HTTP(S) URLs for batch processing. Built with TypeScript and optimized for low-latency operations through multi-core parallelization.

About pdf-mcp

jztan/pdf-mcp

Production-ready MCP server for PDF processing with intelligent caching. Extract text, search, and analyze PDFs with AI agents.

Implements full-text search with BM25 relevance ranking via SQLite FTS5, and extracts tables as structured data (headers + rows) detected from visible borders. Designed for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code Copilot, and other MCP clients—includes 7 specialized tools for paginated reading, metadata lookup, image extraction, and cache management to optimize token usage on large documents.

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