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Papero · House #28,725

Lightweight PDF extraction for structured data & RAG

In the Building and consuming APIs neighborhood (Developer). In town since 2 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on Papero's site

Papero describes itself as: “GitHub - beatrizalmeidaf/papero-pdf-text-extractor: Fast, open-source PDF text extraction API. Files never stored. · GitHub”

What it is

Calls itself “PDF extraction”.

  • Calls itself: PDF extraction
“Lightweight PDF extraction for structured data & RAG”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “Files never stored.”.

  • Says it will not: Files never stored.
“Document structure extraction without the heavyweight stack.”
“Files never stored.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever. No monthly or yearly plan. No one-time option.

  • One-time: no
  • Monthly: no
  • Yearly: no
  • Commission: no
  • Free plan: free forever
“MIT license”
“Fast, open-source PDF text extraction API.”

Who it sells to

Sells to developers. Available in 2 languages.

  • Sells to: developers
  • Languages: eng · por
“Runs in your browser, in Python, or as an API.”
“…ocr_language "por+eng" Tesseract languages”

How it runs

A API and web app. Runs locally and works offline. Can be self-hosted. Distributed through the PyPI. Offers an API. Open source. Says it uses no AI.

  • Kind: api · web
  • Runs where: on the device, offline · self-hosted
  • Distributed via: PyPI
  • API: yes
  • Open source: yes
  • AI role: explicitly no AI
“Runs in your browser, in Python, or as an API.”
“REST API & Docker docker compose up # API + Apache Tika + Tesseract + browser app on :8000”

What it works with

Integrates with Apache Tika. Names GitHub, GitHub Copilot and 2 more on its pages.

  • Integrates with: Apache Tika
  • Names: GitHub · GitHub Copilot · PyMuPDF · +1
“DOCX/PPTX/XLSX/EPUB/HTML are read through Apache Tika.”
“Github -> https://www.producthunt.com/r/NYMHCO3PV76UOO?utm_campaign=producthunt-api&utm_medium=api-v2&utm_source=Application%3A+Tablif+%28ID%3A+291874%29”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Claims “161”. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

  • Number claimed: 161
  • Trial asks for: nothing
“MIT license”
“…pip install papero-extract”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 2 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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