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paymentervsApache Tika

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paymenterApache Tika
Score68/10068/100
Rank in category#3 of 13 in Billing#1 of 2 in Data Extraction
GitHub stars2 8114 115
Stars, last 30 days+500+16
Stable releases, 12 months140
Latest releasev1.5.9 · 2 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePHPJava

Which one should you pick?

paymenter and Apache Tika score the same (68/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

paymenter ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache Tika.

paymenter is growing faster right now (+500 stars in 30 days).

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