Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp safe to use?

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 3 days ago. It has 71 GitHub stars.

io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

pdf-mcp

Production-ready MCP server for PDF processing with intelligent caching.

71 25/wk GitHub npm PyPI

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 3d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp": {
      "command": "pdf-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents to read, search, and extract content from PDF files. Built with Python and PyMuPDF, with SQLite-based caching for persistence across server restarts.

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Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp safe to use?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 3 days ago. It has 71 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-mcp": {
      "command": "pdf-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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README

pdf-mcp

Surgical PDF access for AI agents — search, read, and extract without flooding context.

An MCP server that lets Claude Code and other AI agents search a PDF by meaning or keyword, read only the pages that matter, and cleanly pull out tables, images, and scanned text — even from multi-column and Japanese layouts.

mcp-name: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp

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Drop in any PDF and watch an agent skim it, search it, and read only the pages that matter — using a fraction of the tokens. 100% client-side, no install required.

$pdf-mcp browser demo: an AI agent maps a 216-page PDF, searches it, and reads only the matching pages — using a fraction of the tokens$

Why pdf-mcp?

	Without pdf-mcp	With pdf-mcp
Large PDFs	Context overflow	Chunked reading
Token budgeting	Guess and overflow	Estimated tokens before reading
Finding content	Load everything	Hybrid search (BM25 keyword + semantic)
Tables	Lost in raw text	Extracted and inlined per page
Multi-column PDFs	Columns interleaved in extracted text	Column-aware reading order (`pdf-mcp[multicolumn]`)
Vertical scripts (Japanese)	Columns scrambled / glyph soup	Geometric reorder of vertical text (tategaki / 縦書き); CJK keyword search works on unspaced Japanese/Chinese/Korean text via a char-split FTS index
Images	Ignored	Extracted as PNG files
Repeated access	Re-parse every time	SQLite cache
Scanned PDFs	No text extracted	OCR via Tesseract, parallelized across pages (`pdf_read_pages(ocr=True)`)
Visual content	Must describe in words	Render page as image (`pdf_render_pages`)
Hidden / injected text	Silently ingested as if a human vetted it	Flagged as untrusted — hidden-text detection (`content_trust=True`)
Tool design	Single monolithic tool	9 specialized tools

Features

Hybrid search — find relevant pages with a question, not a page range. Combines BM25 keyword and semantic search via Reciprocal Rank Fusion
Paginated reading — fetch only the pages your agent needs; large documents don't blow your context window
OCR — scanned and image-based PDFs are fully readable and searchable via Tesseract, parallelized across pages for ~2–3x faster extraction on typical scans
Structured extraction — tables, embedded images, and table of contents returned as structured data, not text soup
Vertical-script reading order — Japanese tategaki (縦書き) reconstructed from glyph geometry into correct top-to-bottom, right-to-left order; article segmentation for dense magazine layouts; mojibake filtered
Persistent cache — SQLite-backed; re-reads are instant and survive server restarts
Secure URL fetching — HTTPS-only with SSRF protection; local network ranges are blocked
Content-trust / hidden-text detection — flags text a human reader can't see (invisible render mode, sub-point fonts, transparent or white-on-white fill, off-page) so an agent treats it as untrust

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

56/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−44

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked pdf-mcp against OSV.dev.

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp safe to use?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.jztan/pdf-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 3 days ago. It has 71 GitHub stars.