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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 edges pdfx on usage, roughly 15% more daily downloads (13,292 vs 11,536 per day). pdfx has the larger GitHub following (482 vs 272 stars).
🇯🇵 espresso3389.jp · v2.4.7
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 | 13,292 | 11,536 |
| Rank in PDF & Documents | #4 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 272 | 482 |
| Likes | 339 | 526 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 130 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 4 days | — |
| Contributors | 27 | 62 |
| Last commit | 19 days ago | 8 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.