Apache PDFBox

Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java library for working with PDF documents. It lets developers create PDFs, merge and split files, extract text and metadata, render pages to images, and fill or inspect interactive forms. It is part of the Apache Software Foundation and is commonly used in Java applications, back-end services, and document processing pipelines.

Typical users include developers building PDF generation or ingestion workflows, and IT teams automating document handling on the JVM. A distinguishing trait is that PDFBox is a pure Java library with broad low-level access to PDF structure, making it useful when teams need programmatic control without relying on native components.