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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 2.9x the daily downloads of pdfrx_engine (22,275 vs 7,588 per day). printing has the larger GitHub following (1,517 vs 259 stars).
🇯🇵 espresso3389.jp · v0.3.9
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 · v5.14.3
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 | 7,588 | 22,275 |
| Rank in PDF & Documents | #7 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 259 | 1,517 |
| Likes | 16 | 1,792 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 140 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 4 days | — |
| Contributors | 24 | 95 |
| Last commit | 1 month ago | 3 months ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| First published | 11 months ago | 7 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.