PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP
vardhan1237 · 126 points · 29 comments · 5 hours ago · Open original
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SUSurac2 hours ago
I use mostly typst for pdf generating today i have written different frontends and connectors to transform everything into typ files and templates. I eben use it with sphinx as a backend
TOtotetsu1 hour ago
I started building things like this as browser extensions to make the hosting simpler.
COcolesantiago4 hours ago
Is this PDF engine vibe-coded and derived from reading the MuPDF source code? (Written from C to Rust) I see some slight references to MuPDF in certain places.
If it is you should disclose it and the license should be AGPLv3 instead of Apache.
FEfebed4 hours ago
Would be useful to have a remove password feature (for a known password) and support for adding signatures
TETepix1 hour ago
Can I use it with Open-Webui instead of Apache Tika?
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I use mostly typst for pdf generating today i have written different frontends and connectors to transform everything into typ files and templates. I eben use it with sphinx as a backend
I started building things like this as browser extensions to make the hosting simpler.
Is this PDF engine vibe-coded and derived from reading the MuPDF source code? (Written from C to Rust) I see some slight references to MuPDF in certain places. If it is you should disclose it and the license should be AGPLv3 instead of Apache.
Would be useful to have a remove password feature (for a known password) and support for adding signatures
Can I use it with Open-Webui instead of Apache Tika?