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225 launches via launch platforms Category: Javascript Library #12 of 343 in Javascript Library First seen: Jun 21, 2026 Last seen: Aug 7, 2026 Website: mozilla.github.io

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

Last 7 days 0.7% +0.1pp
Most used with HSTS, Google Search Console, Tailwind CSS
Top product types Productivity, Hiring & HR, Education
Green hosting 47% vs 45% avg

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

Productivity
54.40%
Hiring & HR
12.44%
Education
8.29%
AI
5.70%
Finance
5.70%
Marketing
2.59%
Health
2.07%
Content
1.04%
Design
1.04%
Social
1.04%

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

  • India India 42.86%
  • United States United States 8.93%
  • China China 7.14%
  • Nigeria Nigeria 5.36%
  • Canada Canada 3.57%
  • France France 3.57%
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom 3.57%
  • Türkiye Türkiye 3.57%
  • Switzerland Switzerland 1.79%
  • Denmark Denmark 1.79%
  • Spain 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.

0.7%
last 7 days
+0.1pp vs prior week
0.7%
August so far
30 of 4,043 launches
225
launches all time
since Jun 2026
PDF.js daily detection trend 5% 2% 0% Apr May Jun Jul Aug 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. Weekly averages before this point, daily after. May 10 · 1 / 350 = 0.3% May 11 · 1 / 536 = 0.2% May 12 · 0 / 797 = 0.0% May 13 · 0 / 685 = 0.0% May 14 · 0 / 625 = 0.0% May 15 · 0 / 542 = 0.0% May 16 · 0 / 406 = 0.0% May 17 · 2 / 367 = 0.5% May 18 · 0 / 564 = 0.0% May 19 · 1 / 845 = 0.1% May 20 · 0 / 672 = 0.0% May 21 · 1 / 606 = 0.2% May 22 · 2 / 546 = 0.4% May 23 · 0 / 378 = 0.0% May 24 · 0 / 341 = 0.0% May 25 · 1 / 535 = 0.2% May 26 · 2 / 876 = 0.2% May 27 · 0 / 683 = 0.0% May 28 · 2 / 575 = 0.3% May 29 · 0 / 486 = 0.0% May 30 · 0 / 376 = 0.0% May 31 · 0 / 368 = 0.0% Jun 1 · 0 / 618 = 0.0% Jun 2 · 1 / 926 = 0.1% Jun 3 · 0 / 711 = 0.0% Jun 4 · 0 / 598 = 0.0% Jun 5 · 1 / 578 = 0.2% Jun 6 · 0 / 435 = 0.0% Jun 7 · 0 / 402 = 0.0% Jun 8 · 0 / 509 = 0.0% Jun 9 · 0 / 871 = 0.0% Jun 10 · 0 / 720 = 0.0% Jun 11 · 0 / 573 = 0.0% Jun 12 · 0 / 445 = 0.0% Jun 13 · 0 / 379 = 0.0% Jun 14 · 0 / 345 = 0.0% Jun 15 · 0 / 529 = 0.0% Jun 16 · 1 / 1046 = 0.1% Jun 17 · 1 / 899 = 0.1% Jun 18 · 0 / 672 = 0.0% Jun 19 · 0 / 542 = 0.0% Jun 20 · 0 / 442 = 0.0% Jun 21 · 1 / 382 = 0.3% Jun 22 · 0 / 572 = 0.0% Jun 23 · 4 / 895 = 0.4% Jun 24 · 7 / 736 = 1.0% Jun 25 · 3 / 617 = 0.5% Jun 26 · 2 / 533 = 0.4% Jun 27 · 3 / 432 = 0.7% Jun 28 · 7 / 383 = 1.8% Jun 29 · 5 / 501 = 1.0% Jun 30 · 4 / 801 = 0.5% Jul 1 · 7 / 794 = 0.9% Jul 2 · 4 / 601 = 0.7% Jul 3 · 5 / 496 = 1.0% Jul 4 · 6 / 410 = 1.5% Jul 5 · 6 / 367 = 1.6% Jul 6 · 12 / 550 = 2.2% Jul 7 · 11 / 926 = 1.2% Jul 8 · 4 / 774 = 0.5% Jul 9 · 4 / 734 = 0.5% Jul 10 · 4 / 604 = 0.7% Jul 11 · 2 / 482 = 0.4% Jul 12 · 5 / 439 = 1.1% Jul 13 · 3 / 598 = 0.5% Jul 14 · 8 / 923 = 0.9% Jul 15 · 3 / 765 = 0.4% Jul 16 · 5 / 837 = 0.6% Jul 17 · 4 / 690 = 0.6% Jul 18 · 5 / 502 = 1.0% Jul 19 · 3 / 486 = 0.6% Jul 20 · 0 / 625 = 0.0% Jul 21 · 10 / 952 = 1.1% Jul 22 · 7 / 823 = 0.9% Jul 23 · 9 / 769 = 1.2% Jul 24 · 3 / 377 = 0.8% Jul 25 · 6 / 442 = 1.4% Jul 26 · 4 / 483 = 0.8% Jul 27 · 6 / 667 = 0.9% Jul 28 · 4 / 936 = 0.4% Jul 29 · 3 / 760 = 0.4% Jul 30 · 2 / 627 = 0.3% Jul 31 · 4 / 538 = 0.7% Aug 1 · 3 / 537 = 0.6% Aug 2 · 1 / 392 = 0.3% Aug 3 · 4 / 556 = 0.7% Aug 4 · 3 / 814 = 0.4% Aug 5 · 9 / 688 = 1.3% Aug 6 · 4 / 577 = 0.7% Aug 7 · 6 / 479 = 1.3%
Mar 30, 2026 90 days Aug 7, 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 Motion 5.53% 30.08%
#2 ▲1 React Router 4.20% 22.87%
#3 ▼2 jQuery 4.16% 22.62%
#4 TanStack Router 1.64% 8.93%
#5 ▼2 GSAP 1.24% 6.73%
#12 ▲2 PDF.js Current page 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 →

Often used with

Tool Launches
HSTS 142
Google Search Console 133
Tailwind CSS 129
Vite 127
Google Fonts 126

Tools most often detected on the same launches as PDF.js.

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