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Xpdf vs Poppler: catalog facts
Xpdf	Poppler
Free Free to download, with most tools available as open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Command-line tools for text, image and HTML extraction Easy to use in scripts and batch jobs	pdftotext and pdftoppm are the standard tools for extraction and rasterising Underpins PDF rendering across the Linux desktop
Not every component is open source No PDF editing or signing	Licensed under the GPL, so programs calling it must be too A library plus utilities rather than an application
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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