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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.
printing leads on usage with about 2.5x the daily downloads of pdfrx_engine (25,846 vs 10,222 per day). printing has the larger GitHub following (1,525 vs 272 stars).
🇯🇵 espresso3389.jp · v0.4.6
pdfrx_engine is a PDF rendering and manipulation API built on top of PDFium, designed to be used with the pdfrx plugin. Supports viewing, editing, and combining PDF documents.
Replies within ~1 week
🇨🇦 nfet.net · v5.15.0
Plugin that allows Flutter apps to generate and print documents to compatible printers on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux, as well as web print.
| Metric | pdfrx_engine | printing |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 10,222 | 25,846 |
| Rank in PDF & Documents | #6 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 272 | 1,525 |
| Likes | 17 | 1,806 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 160 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 4 days | — |
| Contributors | 27 | 100+ |
| Last commit | 19 days ago | 1 month ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| First published | 1 year ago | 8 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.