Package

pdfjs

A Portable Document Format (PDF) generation library targeting both the server- and client-side.

v2.5.4, 1 Jul 2025MITCommonJSTypes: BundledPDF and documents

$ npm install pdfjs

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 74.6k; +94% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 6; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.5.4
GitHub stars: 817; 142 forks
Open issues / PRs: 70 / 3
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

74,641 downloads last week, 336,431 in the last month. The 12-month change of +94% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.5.4, 1 Jul 20251 year ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 1 Jul 2025450 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 70
Open pull requests: 3
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 53

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=7
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 347 kB
Dependencies (6): pakouuidunormopentype.jsreadable-stream@rkusa/linebreak

Install

npm install pdfjs

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pdfjs@2.5.4/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/pdfjs@2.5.4/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/pdfjs@2.5.4

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

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