pdf-mcp and pdf-spec-mcp

These tools are ecosystem siblings, with one providing a general solution for PDF processing with intelligent caching and AI agents, and the other offering a specialized MCP server for structured access to the ISO 32000 PDF specification documents for LLMs.

pdf-mcp
52
Established
pdf-spec-mcp
34
Emerging
Maintenance 13/25
Adoption 12/25
Maturity 18/25
Community 9/25
Maintenance 10/25
Adoption 6/25
Maturity 18/25
Community 0/25
Stars: 7
Forks: 1
Downloads: 1,820
Commits (30d): 0
Language: Python
License: MIT
Stars: 1
Forks: —
Downloads: 90
Commits (30d): 0
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
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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.

About pdf-spec-mcp

shuji-bonji/pdf-spec-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides structured access to ISO 32000 (PDF) specification documents. Enables LLMs to navigate, search, and analyze PDF specifications through well-defined tools.

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