Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files through a simple web interface.
Turn PDF reports into Excel spreadsheets, CSVs, and JSON files for use in analysis and database applications.
Tabula only works on text-based PDFs, not scanned documents.
The software is written in Java.
Features include:
- Extract rows of data from PDF files into a CSV or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using a simple, easy-to-use interface.
- Templates – create selections, save them, and reload those same templates for another PDF.
- Bindings for JRuby and R.
- tabula-java is a library for extracting tables from PDF files — it’s the table extraction engine that powers Tabula.
- Support for RTL languages like Hebrew and Arabic.
- Designed with security in mind. Your PDF and the extracted data never touch the net
- Cross-platform support – as the software is developed in Java it runs under Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Website: tabula.technology
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Manuel Aristarán, Mike Tigas and Jeremy B. Merrill with the support of ProPublica, La Nación DATA, Knight-Mozilla OpenNews, The New York Times
License: MIT License
Tabula requires a Java Runtime Environment compatible with Java 7 (i.e. Java 7, 8 or higher).
Tabula is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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