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• Stirling-PDF: local web application to perform various operations on PDFs

  As for self-hosted web apps, Tabula (https://tabula.technology) is a great tool to extract tables from PDF files. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• SumatraPDF Reader

  For extracting to tables I've been using http://tabula.technology/ for a couple of years. It seems to do a pretty good job even with some fairly complex tables and I've not had any problems with it. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Ask HN: What's the current best way to extract tables from PDFs?

  To extract tables from PDFs, you can use the following tools: 1. Tabula (https://tabula.technology): a free and open-source tool. 2. Parsio (https://parsio.io): uses pre-trained AI models for data extraction from PDFs, emails, and other formats. 3. Airparser (https://airparser.com): uses GPT approach similar to ChatGPT for data extraction from PDFs, emails, and other formats. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• PDF tables to Excel

  You might want to look at https://tabula.technology. Source: 10 months ago

• PDF to Excel (Free)

  Seconding the recommendation for Tabula. It's a great tool, and is free and open source. Source: 11 months ago

• Which software (paid/free) do you recommend to analyse bank and card statements.

  I use Tabula to convert PDF tables to excel. It needs a little manual work but works decently well for me to convert all of my PDF statements to a spreadsheet. Been using it for at least 6-8 years. Source: 12 months ago

• Is excel the right tool for getting wonky pdf table data into a spreadsheet?

  Https://tabula.technology/ will usually do a pretty job of extracting data from PDF tables, as long as the PDF has actual text in it. Source: 12 months ago

• how do I automate extracting data from two pdfs and input into an excel sheet according to an order number

  I came here to say the same, if the data are in tables, tabula works pretty well. https://tabula.technology/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Looking for the right OCR library

  I found a tool called Tabula that's a local download that allows you to import a PDF and then visually select the tables on the PDF that you want to extract. Source: about 1 year ago

• Unhappy with current job. Not really "data" work (no Python or SQL)

  There are several tools available today that can help you extract tables from PDF files (such as Tabula), or even parse PDFs into structured JSON using AI (like Parsio -> I'm the founder) or without AI (like Docparser). Source: about 1 year ago

• Unhappy with current job. Not really "data" work (no Python or SQL)

  Also look into Tabula for dealing with tables in PDFs. Talk to your IT security folks, you might need to see about getting a standalone machine depending on their policies towards software. Source: about 1 year ago

• The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets

  It's old, and sometimes things don't come out right, but this is one way out of this mess. https://tabula.technology If that doesn't do it, there's always the brute-force option of scripting in your language of choice to pull the data out. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Nuance PDF without table lines into table so I can convert to Excel

  The most widely used tool for this in my line of work is Tabula. Source: about 1 year ago

• Planning Dept claiming Excel Files are Exempt because they can be edit'ed, which "jeopardizes the integrity of the original record".

  Tabula is old but works ok, depending on the PDF. This is a common, if misguided, objection from agencies. They're misinterpreting the statute — if you give me an excel file and I change it, I've in no way compromised the original record (i.e. The one you have — the original). I've compromised my copy of it. Source: over 1 year ago

• PDF processing and analysis with open-source tools

  I would add Tabula [0] to this list. I’ve used it to extract tabular data from pdfs, especially in acquiring Covid data at the height of the pandemic. It’s got an MIT license and does extraction of table data from pdfs really well. 0: https://tabula.technology/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How do I get transaction data from over a year ago from Tangerine?

  /u/TJF0617 this can be helpful if you can go this route: https://tabula.technology/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Trying to copy data from a pdf table and paste it with proper formatting into an excel table

  If you use tabula or a similar tool the data will structure as you want. https://tabula.technology/ Alternatively Text to Columns by first number from the left, and then by space character from the right. Source: over 1 year ago

• Difference between using a form or an excel table for data entry?

  Additionally, did you try to scan the prints and do some OCR on it, and convert it to Excel from there on? I used to get some decent results with https://tabula.technology/ . But might need some cleanup afterwards. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How to Extract data from PDF’s?(different templates)

  You may still have to do a lot of manual work, but a good option if your pdf contains the tables directly is Tabula. You can also use its Python implementation TabulaPy. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Automation for data entry

  If your order forms are in pdf format, you could use a tool like tabula (https://tabula.technology/) to extract the data from the pdf and then import it into google sheets. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How to use data in .pdf form in R

  There are a number of software options that can do extraction of PDF tables to CSV format, with widely varying results. Tabula works okay, there is also pdftotext. Source: about 2 years ago