9. A dependency-free core plus satellites

Date: 2026-09-12

Status

Accepted

Context

A consumer who only manipulates PDFs should not pull in AngleSharp or a native binary.

Decision

See the package table in architecture.md.

Consequences

Recorded so the choice is not silently revisited.

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Recorded as D08 before this project adopted Architecture Decision Records; the identifier still appears in commit messages and in CLAUDE.md.