JavaScript library for rendering PDF documents in the browser.
Found via: Product Hunt 217 · Hacker News 19 · PeerPush 4 · Other 4 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 685 · StackScope Wider Web 1,016
PDF.js has been detected on 225 launches we've crawled, with 30 of those in August 2026 (0.7% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.7%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: Folia, yesterday.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Google Search Console, and Tailwind CSS. By product type, the launches using it are most often Productivity (54%), Hiring & HR (12%), and Education (8%). By estimated origin, India leads (43%), ahead of the United States (9%). The 225 scored launches using PDF.js average a StackScope score of 6.3 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.
What kind of products ship with PDF.js
193 launches
Domain endings using PDF.js
244 launches
- .com 41.39%
- .app 15.57%
- .online 7.79%
- .in 5.33%
- .ai 4.92%
- .io 3.28%
- .dev 1.64%
- .net 1.64%
- .site 1.64%
- .org 1.23%
- .space 1.23%
Countries that use PDF.js
Estimated origin for 56 of 225 launches
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India 42.86%
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United States 8.93%
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China 7.14%
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Nigeria 5.36%
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Canada 3.57%
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France 3.57%
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United Kingdom 3.57%
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Türkiye 3.57%
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Switzerland 1.79%
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Denmark 1.79%
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Spain 1.79%
Share of new launches using PDF.js
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average; weekly averages before May 2026.
How StackScope detects technologies
⋮ Jun 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology.
⋮ Jul 1, 2026: Adoption figures now count launches from launch platforms. Use the source view to include StackScope Discovery.
Javascript Library leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | – |
|
5.53% | 30.08% |
| #2 | ▲1 |
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4.20% | 22.87% |
| #3 | ▼2 |
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4.16% | 22.62% |
| #4 | – |
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1.64% | 8.93% |
| #5 | ▼2 |
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1.24% | 6.73% |
| … | ||||
| #12 | ▲2 |
|
0.29% | 1.60% |
Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Javascript Library tool.Among July launches it ranked #11 in Javascript Library, up from #13 in June. All 343 in Javascript Library →
Highest-scoring launches using PDF.js
The top launches by StackScope score among the 225 we've detected using PDF.js.
Most recent of 225 launches using PDF.js
Folia
Productivity
LeagueLMS
PDF Pro Suite
GriotMeet
Productivity
ApplyASAP
Hiring & HR
http://digitaldocusign.co.uk/
PDF WithMe
Productivity
ReadAlly
Education
Focaltrix
PDFZero
Productivity
Edit Scanned PDF
CropItFast
Productivity
Showing the most recent 12 of 225.
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