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1. PyPDF2

   1 32 9,590 9.5 Python

   A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files

   

   Project mention: AI-Powered Cover Letter Generator | dev.to | 2025-10-24

   The following ResumeService extracts the content from a PDF using pypdf

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3. PyMuPDF

   2 8 8,417 9.7 Python

   PyMuPDF is a high performance Python library for data extraction, analysis, conversion & manipulation of PDF (and other) documents.

   

   Project mention: Using Docling’s OCR features with RapidOCR | dev.to | 2025-04-03

4. WeasyPrint

   3 56 8,333 9.6 Python

   The awesome document factory

   

   Project mention: WeasyPrint | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-12

5. csvkit

   4 12 6,277 6.8 Python

   A suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.

   

   Project mention: Sqawk: A fusion of SQL and Awk: Applying SQL to text-based data files | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-26

   I wonder how this compares to csvkit [1].

   [1]: https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/

6. python-docx

   5 6 5,285 8.1 Python

   Create and modify Word documents with Python

   

7. tablib

   6 3 4,728 6.2 Python

   Python Module for Tabular Datasets in XLS, CSV, JSON, YAML, &c.

   

8. Python-Markdown

   7 17 4,112 7.4 Python

   A Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown with Extension support.

   

   Project mention: Copy Markdown to Teams | dev.to | 2025-07-19

   I use uv to invoke the CLI of the markdown package in Python. I then copy the output back into the clipboard.

9. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

10. XlsxWriter

    8 12 3,860 8.6 Python

    A Python module for creating Excel XLSX files.

    

11. borb

    9 66 3,541 8.9 Python

    borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python.

    

12. Camelot

    10 10 3,510 8.4 Python

    A Python library to extract tabular data from PDFs

    

13. xlwings

    11 26 3,264 8.2 Python

    xlwings is a Python library that makes it easy to call Python from Excel and vice versa. It works with Excel on Windows and macOS as well as with Google Sheets and Excel on the web.

    

14. python-pptx

    12 2 3,028 6.9 Python

    Create Open XML PowerPoint documents in Python

    

15. Mistune

    13 1 2,898 6.7 Python

    A fast yet powerful Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins.

    

16. markdown2

    14 5 2,802 7.8 Python

    markdown2: A fast and complete implementation of Markdown in Python

    

17. docxtpl

    15 4 2,392 6.8 Python

    Use a docx as a jinja2 template

    

18. pdftabextract

    16 1 2,246 0.0 Python

    A set of tools for extracting tables from PDF files helping to do data mining on (OCR-processed) scanned documents.

    

    Project mention: Liberate tabular data from scanned documents | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-18

19. pyexcel

    17 1 1,271 8.5 Python

    Single API for reading, manipulating and writing data in csv, ods, xls, xlsx and xlsm files

    

20. pymorphy2

    18 2 1,155 0.0 Python

    Morphological analyzer / inflection engine for Russian and Ukrainian languages.

    

    Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2025) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-27

21. plutoprint

    19 7 999 9.3 Python

    A Python Library for Generating PDFs and Images from HTML, powered by PlutoBook

    

    Project mention: Show HN: PlutoPrint – Generate Beautiful PDFs and PNGs from HTML with Python | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-20

    PlutoPrint supports a large subset of CSS, including flexbox for most common layouts, but it’s not a full browser engine, so there are some limitations. You can see a more complete list of supported features here: https://github.com/plutoprint/plutobook/blob/main/FEATURES.m.... We’re also actively tracking bugs and improvements on the GitHub repo: https://github.com/plutoprint/plutoprint/issues, and contributions or test cases are always appreciated to help expand coverage.

22. mistletoe

    20 2 991 4.1 Python

    A fast, extensible and spec-compliant Markdown parser in pure Python.

    

23. unp

    21 3 445 0.0 Python

    Unpacks things.

    

24. vcspull

    22 0 209 9.1 Python

    🔄 Synchronize projects via yaml/json manifest. Built using `libvcs`.

    

25. Marmir

    23 0 173 0.0 Python

    Python powered spreadsheets (by brianray)

    

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• WeasyPrint

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2025

• Show HN: PlutoPrint – Convert HTML to Beautiful PDFs and PNGs with Python

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Aug 2025

• Kreuzberg: The Python Document Intelligence Framework That Will Blow Your Mind!

  1 project | dev.to | 27 Jul 2025

• Copy Markdown to Teams

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• Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jun 2025

• Show HN: PlutoBook – Fast, lightweight C++ library for generating PDF from HTML

  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jun 2025

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