# pdfluent-extract
PDF content extraction — text with positions, images, and full-text search.
This crate is part of the [PDFluent](https://pdfluent.com) commercial Rust PDF SDK.
**Free for evaluation. Production use requires a valid license.**
## What it does
Extracts text content from PDFs with positional metadata (bounding boxes, fonts, sizes), embedded images, and provides full-text search APIs. Supports ligature decomposition and ToUnicode-based character mapping.
## Status
Beta. Production-grade for text extraction (≥95% match vs Poppler on the 20K-PDF benchmark corpus).
## Usage
Most users do not depend on this crate directly. Use the [`pdfluent`](https://crates.io/crates/pdfluent) facade:
```rust
use pdfluent::prelude::*;
```
For low-level access, see <https://pdfluent.com/docs>.
## Licensing
- Free for evaluation, development, and testing
- Production use requires a valid PDFluent commercial license
- Redistribution requires the OEM Redistribution add-on
See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for full terms, or visit <https://pdfluent.com/terms>.
## Links
- Main crate: <https://crates.io/crates/pdfluent>
- Documentation: <https://pdfluent.com/docs>
- Trial: <https://pdfluent.com/trial>
- Pricing: <https://pdfluent.com/pricing>