Project Title

PyMuPDF — High Performance Python Library for PDF and Document Manipulation

Overview

PyMuPDF is a high-performance Python library designed for data extraction, analysis, conversion, and manipulation of PDF and other document types. It stands out for its efficiency and the ability to handle a wide range of document formats. PyMuPDF adds Python bindings and abstractions to MuPDF, a lightweight PDF, XPS, and eBook viewer, renderer, and toolkit.

Key Features

High-performance document processing
Data extraction and analysis
Conversion and manipulation of PDF and other document formats
Python bindings for MuPDF

Use Cases

Data scientists and analysts for extracting and analyzing data from PDFs
Developers needing to convert and manipulate PDFs within their applications
Businesses requiring document management solutions for various file types

Advantages

Supports a wide range of document types
High performance and efficiency in processing
Python bindings for easy integration into Python applications

Limitations / Considerations

Requires Python 3.9 or later
Some optional features require additional packages to be installed

PDFMiner: A tool for extracting information from PDF documents, but without the high-performance capabilities of PyMuPDF.
PyPDF2: A pure-python library for working with PDFs, but with less functionality compared to PyMuPDF.
PDFPlumber: A Python library for extracting data from PDFs, focusing more on text extraction rather than the broader capabilities of PyMuPDF.

Basic Information

GitHub: https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF
Stars: 8,181
License: AGPL-3.0
Last Commit: 2025-10-05

📊 Project Information

Project Name: PyMuPDF
GitHub URL: https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF
Programming Language: Python
⭐ Stars: 8,181
🍴 Forks: 646
📅 Created: 2012-10-06
🔄 Last Updated: 2025-10-05

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