poppler

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  "why_use_this": "Poppler is the standard PDF backend for many Linux desktop tools and CLI utilities that need PDF functionality. Use it if you\u0027re building PDF viewers, converters, or text-extraction tools; it handles complex PDFs better than lightweight alternatives and provides both rendering and programmatic access to PDF content through C++ or introspectable bindings."
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