Reading and converting PDFs · Any runtime
PDF Monster vs anymd
Written by AI draft (Claude), pending human review · Reviewed by Michael Kantor on
Direct answer
PDF Monster runs in Codex and ships no skills or MCP servers in its manifest. anymd runs in Claude Code, any MCP client and Cursor and ships 1 skill and 3 MCP servers. Choose by the agent you use and by whether you want instructions the agent follows or a server it calls.
Which one fits
PDF Monster
Choose it when You work in Codex and want what its listing describes: Analyzes PDFs as extracted text, OCR text, rendered page images, and embedded figures for coding agents. Ships no skills or MCP servers in its manifest.
View listing and setupanymd
Choose it when You work in Claude Code, any MCP client and Cursor and want what its listing describes: Local MCP server and CLI that converts PDF, Office, EPUB, HTML, image, audio and video files into clean Markdown for agents. Ships 1 skill and 3 MCP servers.
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Facts side by side
Generated from the HOL catalog. Facts as of . Rows marked “differs” are where the choice is made.
| Fact | PDF Monster | anymd |
|---|---|---|
| Works withdiffers | Codex | Claude Code, Cursor, MCP |
| Trust scorediffers | 53/100 | 66/100 |
| Security scandiffers | Caution (47/100, 5 findings) | Caution (54/100, 6 findings) |
| Owner verifieddiffers | Not reported | Yes |
| Skillsdiffers | 0 | 1 |
| MCP serversdiffers | 0 | 3 |
| Apps | 0 | 0 |
| Versiondiffers | 0.0.0 | 8.5.3 |
| Last updateddiffers | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-12 |
| Developerdiffers | jbaehova | SylphxAI |
| Category | Tools & Integrations | Tools & Integrations |
| Paid placement | None | None |
Limitations
- HOL has not yet collected enough setup outcomes to say which of these installs succeed more often.
- Contents and runtimes come from each repository manifest at the last scan and may have changed since.
- Not yet claimed by the owner, so publisher details are unconfirmed: PDF Monster.
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How this page is made
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