pdfly (say: PDF-li) is a pure-python cli application for manipulating PDF files.
pip install -U pdflyAs pdfly is an application, you might want to install it with pipx.
$ pdfly --help
Usage: pdfly [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
pdfly is a pure-python cli application for manipulating PDF files.
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --version │
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ 2-up Create a booklet-style PDF from a single input. │
│ cat Concatenate pages from PDF files into a single PDF file. │
│ compress Compress a PDF. │
| uncompress Uncompresses a PDF. │
| extract-annotated-pages Extract only the annotated pages from a PDF. |
│ extract-images Extract images from PDF without resampling or altering. │
│ extract-text Extract text from a PDF file. │
│ meta Show metadata of a PDF file │
│ pagemeta Give details about a single page. │
│ rm Remove pages from PDF files. │
│ update-offsets Updates offsets and lengths in a simple PDF file. │
│ x2pdf Convert one or more files to PDF. Each file is a page. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯You can see the help of every subcommand by typing --help:
$ pdfly 2-up --help
Usage: pdfly 2-up [OPTIONS] PDF OUT
Create a booklet-style PDF from a single input.
Pairs of two pages will be put on one page (left and right)
usage: python 2-up.py input_file output_file
╭─ Arguments ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ * pdf PATH [default: None] [required] │
│ * out PATH [default: None] [required] │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯pdfly is a free software project without any company affiliation. We cannot pay contributors, but we do value their contributions 🤗
 Martin Thoma 💻 📖 🤔 🚇 🚧 📆 ✅ |
 Lucas Cimon 🐛 💻 📖 🚧 |
 Rob Adams 💻 |
 Harsh 💻 |
 Sascha Rogmann 💻 |
 Enrique Botía 💻 |
 kommade 💻 |
 Zingzy 💻 |
 Subhajit Sahu 💻 |
 Kian-Meng Ang 🤔 |
This project follows the all-contributors specification (emoji key). Contributions of any kind welcome!
The list might not be complete. You can find more contributors via the git history and GitHubs 'Contributors' feature.