PDFBox

PDFBox

Apache Software Foundation
PyMuPDF

PyMuPDF

Artifex
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About

The Apache PDFBox® library is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows the creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0. Extract Unicode text from PDF files. Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files. Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form. Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard. Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API. Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images. Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG and digitally sign PDF files. See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.

About

PyMuPDF is a high-performance, Python-centric library for reading, extracting, and manipulating PDFs with ease and precision. It enables developers to access text, images, fonts, annotations, metadata, and structural layout of PDF documents, and to perform tasks such as extracting content, editing objects, rendering pages, searching text, modifying page content, and manipulating PDF components like links and annotations. PyMuPDF also supports advanced operations like splitting, merging, inserting, or deleting pages; drawing and filling shapes; handling color spaces; and converting between formats. The library is lightweight but robust, optimized for speed and low memory overhead. On top of the base PyMuPDF, PyMuPDF Pro adds support for reading and writing Microsoft Office-format documents and enhanced functionality for integrating Large Language Model (LLM) pipelines and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Individuals and companies seeking an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents

Audience

Developers, engineers, or automation teams interested in a solution to extract, render, edit, or convert PDFs in Python-based or cross-platform workflows

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
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Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

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Free Version
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Free Version
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Training

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Training

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Company Information

Apache Software Foundation
Founded: 1999
United States
pdfbox.apache.org

Company Information

Artifex
Founded: 1993
United States
artifex.com/products#pymupdf

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Categories

Categories

PDF

Integrations

.NET
Hugging Face
JavaScript
LangChain
Llama
Make
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office 2024
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Node.js
NuGet
Postscript
Python
Zapier
pdf2docx

Integrations

.NET
Hugging Face
JavaScript
LangChain
Llama
Make
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office 2024
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Node.js
NuGet
Postscript
Python
Zapier
pdf2docx
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