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Product Roadmap

PDFDancer is actively developed with regular updates and new features. This roadmap provides visibility into what we're working on and what's planned for the future.

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This roadmap is subject to change based on customer feedback and evolving requirements. Features may be reprioritized, added, or removed.

What's Coming Next​

  • Text-Fragment Editing — Edit individual text fragments within a line (font, size, color)
  • Full Text-Metric Read/Write Access — Complete control over text metrics
  • PDF Metadata Editing — Read and update PDF metadata properties

In Progress​

  • MCP Server Improvements — Enhanced Model Context Protocol integration

Performance​

  • Async Session Creation — Faster session startup

Backlog​

  • Reflow with Collision Detection — Expand text reflow until it hits other visible elements
  • Batched Edits — Loop operations like drawing grids
  • Document Template Store API — Cloud-based template storage
  • Table Extraction — Automatically detect and extract tabular data from PDFs
  • XFA Form Support — For financial and government forms
  • AcroForm Editing — Create and modify PDF form fields programmatically
  • Extended Position Matching — contains() and intersects() for bounding boxes
  • Enhanced Content Extraction — Improved access to text, images, form data, vector graphics
  • Digital Signatures — Sign and verify documents
  • Signed PDF Handling — Graceful handling of digitally signed documents
  • Password Protected PDFs — Support for encrypted documents
  • PHP SDK — Native PHP support
  • .NET SDK — Native C# support for .NET developers

Shipped​

  • Text Reflow (V2) — New reflow engine with alignment detection (left, right, centered, justified)
  • Template Replacement API — Replace placeholder text with dynamic content
  • Paragraph & Column Detection — Three-column and multi-column layout support
  • Text Fragment Editing — Change font, size, or color on specific parts of a text line
  • Vector Path Grouping — Group and transform paths as a unit
  • Path Color Support — Fill and stroke colors with alpha channel support
  • PDF/A Conformance Preservation — ICC profiles, output intents, XMP metadata preserved
  • Clipping Region Removal — Reveal hidden content
  • Kerning & Typography — Character spacing, word spacing, horizontal scaling
  • Image Manipulation — Scale, rotate, replace, crop, flip, opacity
  • Image Fill Region — Fill rectangular regions with solid color
  • PDF Outline & Bookmark Support — Table of contents preserved
  • Invisible Text Detection — Extract text hidden in PDFs
  • Z-Order Element Control — Control stacking order of elements
  • Custom Font Management — Upload and manage fonts
  • Regex Text Selection — Select text lines by pattern
  • Redaction API — Permanently remove sensitive content
  • Form Field Selection & Editing — Work with PDF form fields
  • Optional Content (PDF Layers) — Support for OCGs and layer visibility
  • Font Swap with Kerning — Replace fonts with positioning preserved
  • Template Placeholder Images — Replace placeholders with images
  • Automatic Retries & Rate Limiting — Built-in retry logic
  • OpenAPI Specification — Full API documentation
  • MCP Server — Model Context Protocol for AI assistants
  • SDKs for Java, Python, TypeScript — Multi-language support