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Flutter-powered AI app builder A head-to-head of two PDF & Documents packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
pdfrx and pdfx draw close to even on daily downloads (10,828 vs 10,264 per day). pdfx has the larger GitHub following (485 vs 259 stars).
🇯🇵 espresso3389.jp · v2.2.24
pdfrx is a rich and fast PDF viewer and manipulation plugin built on the top of PDFium. Supports viewing, editing, combining PDFs on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web.
Replies within ~1 week
🇺🇸 serge.software · v2.9.2
Flutter plugin to render & show PDF pages as images on Web, MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS.
| Metric | pdfrx | pdfx |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 10,828 | 10,264 |
| Rank in PDF & Documents | #4 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 259 | 485 |
| Likes | 329 | 521 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 130 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 4 days | — |
| Contributors | 24 | 62 |
| Last commit | 1 month ago | 6 months ago |
| CI | Yes | No |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| First published | 2 years ago | 4 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web | android, ios, windows, macos, web |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.