Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/firecrawl/pdf-inspector
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/firecrawl/pdf-inspector.md
Description: deno and pdf-inspector share 3 technologies: image, log, and env_logger. Both are written in Rust.

# deno vs pdf-inspector

deno and pdf-inspector share 3 technologies: image, log, and env_logger. Both are written in Rust.

- [denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno): A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- [firecrawl/pdf-inspector](https://seerepo.com/r/firecrawl/pdf-inspector): Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: image, log, env_logger
- Only in deno: React, rusqlite, SQLite, Tokio, tower, wgpu, crossterm, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, argon2, hkdf, zip, plist, tracing, opentelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, tracing-subscriber
- Only in pdf-inspector: ort, lopdf, ttf-parser

## Side by side

| | deno | pdf-inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,217,015 lines written, 1,355 code files | 158,335 lines written, 76 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 64% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 17,392 commits, 108,801 stars | Last push October 22, 2026, 547 commits, 19,894 stars |
| Tests | 4,394 test files. 6.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 18 test files. 11.8% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, deno or pdf-inspector?

deno, with 1,217,015 lines written; pdf-inspector has 158,335.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which has more GitHub stars, deno or pdf-inspector?

deno, with 108,801 stars; pdf-inspector has 19,894.

The proof: [denoland/deno on GitHub](https://github.com/denoland/deno)

### Which has more tests, deno or pdf-inspector?

deno, with 4,394 test files; pdf-inspector has 18.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which was updated more recently, deno or pdf-inspector?

deno: its last push was on October 29, 2026, and pdf-inspector's on October 22, 2026.

The proof: [denoland/deno's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/denoland/deno/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, deno or pdf-inspector?

pdf-inspector: an AI signed 64% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in deno, 2.4%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in firecrawl/pdf-inspector](https://seerepo.com/r/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/ai)

## Sources

- denoland/deno: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit e7b39eb (https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)
- firecrawl/pdf-inspector: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit bcf387d (https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/tree/bcf387d1f4ab91d702f417fd9600694da0c166c3)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.