pdfrw

How often 10 AI models put pdfrw in their top ten, what they say about it, and which competitors they list, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

73%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#7of 36 on Best Python libraries for reading and filling PDF files

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Outside every top ten

0of 10 models; counts below

Which models list it in their top ten

Share of each model's answers that put it in the top ten · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Kimi K388%
2. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL88%
3. Claude Haiku 5.575%
4. Gemini 4 Argon75%
5. Qwen 3.8 Flash75%
6. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash75%
7. GLM-5.375%
8. Mistral Large 475%
9. GPT-6 Luna63%
10. MiniMax M338%

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best Python libraries for reading and filling PDF files 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Lightweight library for reading and filling PDF form fields.
• GPT-6 LunaUseful for low-level PDF manipulation and filling existing AcroForms.
• Gemini 4 ArgonLightweight pure-Python library well-suited for custom PDF manipulation and basic form filling.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashLightweight reading/writing with template page reuse.
• DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSimple, reliable AcroForm filling and page merging with a light footprint.
• GLM-5.3Lightweight option for manipulating and filling AcroForm fields.
• Kimi K3Lightweight and reliable for form filling and low-level PDF manipulation.
• MiniMax M3Lightweight library ideal for merging, splitting, and filling existing PDF forms
• Mistral Large 4Great for reading, writing, and form-filling in existing PDFs.
• Nemotron 3.5 Super VLReads and writes PDFs with low-level object manipulation.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, pdfrw highlighted.

Best Python libraries for reading and filling PDF files

36 products named in 80 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

PyMuPDFReportLabpdfplumber

Contested

1. 4pypdf88%
2. 5borb75%
3. 6pikepdf74%
4. 7pdfrw73%
5. 8PyPDF254%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Best Python libraries for reading and filling PDF files	75	63	75	75	75	75	88	38	75	88

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best Python libraries for reading and filling PDF files	90	90	100	10

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

pdfrw vs PyMuPDFpdfrw vs ReportLabpdfrw vs pdfplumberpdfrw vs pypdfpdfrw vs borbpdfrw vs pikepdf

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