Package

pdf-codec

Hand-written, dependency-minimal PDF codec: parses arbitrary real-world PDFs and generates new ones, built on its own codec-owned LayoutDocument item model and Zod 4 codecs.

v5.2.27, 25 Sept 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledPDF and documents

$ npm install pdf-codec

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 7.4k; - over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: today; v5.2.27
GitHub stars: 1; 0 forks
Open issues / PRs: 9 / 2
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8,307

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

7,352 downloads last week, 20,586 in the last month. No 52-week series has been fetched yet.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 5.2.27, 25 Sept 2026today
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 9
Open pull requests: 2
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8,307
Dependents on npm: 4

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=20
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 12.7 MB
Dependencies (4): zodfflatebyte-codecdocument-schema.js

Install

npm install pdf-codec

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pdf-codec@5.2.27/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/pdf-codec@5.2.27/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/pdf-codec@5.2.27

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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