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Sejda Web alternatives

1 open-source project that already does this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

PyMuPDF (MuPDF bindings)High-performance Python library for PDF text/image extraction and manipulation; usable to implement conversion and extraction core loop.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Offline desktop application with files never leaving the computer (Sejda Desktop)
Built-in Google Drive/Dropbox integration and UI polish
Prebuilt workflows/automation and team/volume billing features
Polished error-handling, edge-case layout fidelity and proprietary conversion heuristics

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Sejda Web, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.