Show HN: I want to use Apache Tika from Python, but I don't want to install Java

Category: devtools

Tags: apache-tika, document-extraction, java-bundling, python-bindings, nodejs, cli

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

tika-ape bundles Apache Tika 4 and a Java runtime into a portable executable, enabling document text extraction via Python or Node.js without a host Java installation. It provides language-native bindings and a CLI, filling a gap for developers who need Tika's capabilities but want to avoid JVM setup. The project includes a compatibility layer for tika-python and supports inline-image extraction in Python.

Target audience: backend developers, data engineers, python developers, node.js developers

Repository: https://github.com/bear0330/tika-ape · Python · Apache-2.0

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