pdfly

pdfly (say: PDF-li) is a pure-python cli application for manipulating PDF files.

Installation

pip install -U pdfly

As pdfly is an application, you might want to install it with pipx.

Usage

$ 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-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:

$ 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.                                 │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯