Tabula

open-source tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.

06 Jan 2026 | in apps

06 Jan 2026

I was looking to extract data from tables spread across 40 PDF pages. I did the first couple using an AI chatbot.. painstakingly slow.

So I asked the AI what the best way would be to extract the data, and it pointed me to Tabula:

free & open-source tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files!

Threw the PDF in it, and got my CSV file with 1,000 records in less than a minute!

Download app, opens in browser, make your selection (repeatable across pages) and done.

Thought I'd share..

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