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Tabula

Extract tables from PDFs

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Tabula is a free, open-source desktop application that extracts data tables from text-based PDF files and exports them to CSV, Excel, or JSON. It is designed for journalists, researchers, and anyone who needs to liberate data locked inside PDFs. The tool runs locally on Mac, Windows, and Linux and is accessed through a web browser interface.

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