pdfmux
pdfmux is an MCP server, listed under model apis. It reaches anthropic and gemini. It needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and GEMINI_API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 84 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
pdfmux extracts PDFs and audits its own output, as well as verifying the output of other extractors. It requires no account and is licensed under MIT. The tool scores 0.903 on opendataloader-bench and is the second-best of eight engines. It also functions as a 7-tool MCP server.
Install
Read from pdfmux’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
pip install pdfmux
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
PDF extraction that audits its own output — and certifies any other extractor's, catching pages they silently dropped. Verify signed manifests offline: free, MIT, no account. 0.903 on opendataloader-bench, #2 of 8 engines. 7-tool MCP server.
What pdfmux can do
3 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
verify_extraction- No description in the README.
verify_batch- Audits a batch of documents and returns a BatchCertification object.
batch_extract- Batch extracts PDFs and yields (path, result) tuples as each PDF completes.
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
pdfmux compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pdfmux (this page) | anthropic, gemini | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY | 84 | 2026-10-19 | MIT |
| just-prompt | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, groq, openai(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 739 | 2025-08-10 | — |
| schemagate | anthropic, entra, gemini, mysql, openai, postgres, schemagate(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, ENTRA_CLIENT_SECRET, GEMINI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, SCHEMAGATE_AUDIT_SIGNING_KEY | 105 | 2026-10-22 | Apache-2.0 |
| cross-llm-mcp | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, huggingface, kimi, mistral, openai(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY, KIMI_API_KEY, MISTRAL_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 16 | 2026-10-15 | MIT |
| vibeCoding-mcp | anthropic, gemini, openai(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 16 | 2025-07-09 | MIT |
| wigolo | gemini, wigolo(1 shared) | GEMINI_API_KEY, WIGOLO_API_TOKEN, WIGOLO_GITHUB_TOKEN | 5,498 | 2026-10-22 | NOASSERTION |
Ranked by services in common with pdfmux, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about pdfmux
- What does pdfmux do?
- pdfmux extracts PDFs and audits its own output, as well as verifying the output of other extractors. It requires no account and is licensed under MIT. The tool scores 0.903 on opendataloader-bench and is the second-best of eight engines. It also functions as a 7-tool MCP server.
- How do I install pdfmux?
- Its own README gives this command: pip install pdfmux. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- What does pdfmux connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches anthropic and gemini. The credentials we found in its source are ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and GEMINI_API_KEY.
- Is pdfmux official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 84 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-19.
- What licence does pdfmux use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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