pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection

io.github.Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 2 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-09-24
Health score 64

About pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection

pdfnative MCP — PDF/A & PDF/X-4 generation, PAdES signing & introspection is an MCP server published by the GitHub account Nizoka. PDF MCP: generate PDF/A & PDF/X-4, sign & verify PAdES (LTV), forms, merge, split, encrypt. 28 tools

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package pdfnative-mcp at version 1.7.0.

It asks for 2 secrets: PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN and PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.7.0 was published on 24 September 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR`	No	No	Absolute path of a sandboxed directory where outputMode='file' may write PDFs. Unset: every tool returns base64 only (file output disabled).
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_CACHE_DIR`	No	No	Opt-in content-addressed response cache directory (SHA-256 keyed, 1h TTL, 256 MiB LRU, plaintext at rest). Never caches encrypt/decrypt, sign, timestamp, add_ltv, update_metadata, encrypted builds or file output.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_PORT`	No	No	Serve Streamable HTTP on this loopback port instead of stdio (MCP 2026-07-28, stateless). Unauthenticated unless PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN is set.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Opt-in bearer token for the HTTP transport (>= 16 chars, no whitespace). When set, /mcp requires 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' or answers 401. Never logged.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_MAX_INFLATE_BYTES`	No	No	Per-stream FlateDecode decompression cap in bytes (zip-bomb mitigation; default 104857600 = 100 MiB). Integer >= 1024; an invalid value refuses to start the server.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE`	No	No	ISO 8601 instant with a time zone (e.g. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z) pinned as the creation date of every generated document: reproducible bytes on any host. A call's own creationDate still wins. An invalid value refuses to start the server.
`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`	No	No	reproducible-builds.org convention: integer seconds since the Unix epoch, used as the pinned creation date when PDFNATIVE_MCP_CREATION_DATE is unset. An invalid value refuses to start the server.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_URL`	No	No	http(s) URL of the RFC 3161 timestamp authority used by sign_pdf timestamp=true and timestamp_pdf (PAdES B-T / B-LTA). Unset: those calls fail with TSA_NOT_CONFIGURED and no network request is made. Tool arguments can never supply a URL.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH`	No	Yes	Optional Authorization header value sent to the TSA (e.g. 'Basic ...' or 'Bearer ...'). Never logged or echoed.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION`	No	No	'ocsp', 'crl' or 'ocsp,crl': enables online revocation collection for add_ltv mode='online' (PAdES B-LT). Unset: that mode fails with REVOCATION_NOT_CONFIGURED; mode='offline' stays fully offline. Requires PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS.
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_ALLOWED_HOSTS`	No	No	Comma-separated allow-list of OCSP / CRL responder hosts ('host', 'host:port' or '*.suffix'). Mandatory when PDFNATIVE_MCP_REVOCATION is set: responder URLs found in certificates are fetched only if the host matches (http(s) only, no credentials, no redirects, internal addresses rejected unless listed verbatim).
`PDFNATIVE_MCP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Per-request timeout for TSA / OCSP / CRL calls in milliseconds, 1000-120000 (default 10000).

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: PDFNATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN, PDFNATIVE_MCP_TSA_AUTH
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account Nizoka
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	pdfnative-mcp@1.7.0 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 142 files in pdfnative-mcp@1.7.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 142 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 64 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity11 / 40

2 GitHub stars, 266 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-20, last release 2026-09-24, 77 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

3 closed of 5 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 11 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account Nizoka
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account Nizoka. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `pdfnative-mcp` 1.7.0 (stdio)
Version	1.7.0
Published	2026-09-24
Last updated	2026-09-24
Source repository	https://github.com/Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp
Website	https://github.com/Nizoka/pdfnative-mcp#readme
Category	Files & documents (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfnative-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pdfnative-mcp@1.7.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-nizoka-pdfnative-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.