PDF Extractor Pro

Extract text and tables from digital and scanned PDFs — fully local, no cloud, no APIs.

# PDF Text & Table Extractor – 100% Local OCR Extract text and tables from both digital and scanned PDF files directly inside your browser. Everything runs locally on your device — no servers, no cloud processing, no API keys, and no data uploads. Works completely offline after installation and OCR language data caching. ## 🔒 Privacy First * 100% local processing * No backend or cloud services * No external API calls * No account required * No tracking * Works offline after setup Your PDF files never leave your computer. --- ## ✨ Features ### 📄 Digital PDF Text Extraction Extract text from standard PDFs while preserving the original reading order using PDF.js. ### 🔍 OCR for Scanned PDFs Convert image-based PDFs into searchable text using built-in OCR. * English OCR support * Automatically detects scanned pages * No manual page selection required ### 📊 Automatic Table Detection Extract tables without manually drawing boxes or selecting regions. Uses coordinate-based row and column grouping to detect table structures automatically. ### 📥 Multiple Export Formats * **JSON** – Structured output with text blocks, tables, and OCR content * **CSV** – Table data only * **Plain Text** – Text with table rendering * **Excel (.xlsx)** – Separate sheets for text blocks, tables, and OCR pages ### 🌐 Multiple Input Methods #### Upload PDF Files Process PDF documents directly from your computer. #### Extract PDFs From Browser Tabs Open any PDF URL in Chrome and extract its contents without downloading files manually. --- # How to Use ## Upload a PDF 1. Click the extension icon. 2. Press **Upload PDF**. 3. Select a `.pdf` file. 4. Wait while pages are processed (OCR pages usually take 2–5 seconds each). 5. Choose an export format. 6. Download the extracted results. --- ## Extract From the Current Browser Tab 1. Open any PDF in Chrome. 2. Click the extension icon. 3. The **Current Tab** option becomes available automatically. 4. Click it to process the PDF directly from the active tab. --- ## OCR Mode ### ON (Default) * Scanned pages are processed with Tesseract OCR. * Image pages are converted into searchable text. ### OFF * Faster processing. * Image-based pages are skipped. * Useful when working with text-based PDFs only. > During the first OCR run, the extension downloads the English language model (`eng.traineddata`, ~10 MB) and stores it locally. Once cached, all future OCR operations work completely offline. --- # Export Formats ### JSON Full structured output: ```json { "pages": [ { "textBlocks": [], "tables": [], "ocrText": "" } ] } ``` ### CSV Exports detected tables with separate sections for each table and page. ### Plain Text Exports all extracted text with readable table formatting. ### Excel (.xlsx) Creates separate worksheets for text blocks, tables, and OCR content. --- ## Perfect For * Researchers * Students * Accountants * Data analysts * Office work * Archiving documents * Converting scanned PDFs * Extracting tables from reports and invoices Fast, private, and fully local PDF text and table extraction for Chrome.