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 or uv tool: uvx pdfly --help
$ 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. │ │ booklet Reorder and two-up PDF pages for booklet printing. │ │ cat Extract and concatenate pages from PDF files into a single PDF file. │ │ check-sign Verifies the signature of a signed PDF. │ │ compress Compress 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. │ │ rotate Rotate specified pages by the specified amount │ │ sign Creates a signed PDF from an existing PDF file. │ │ uncompress Module for uncompressing PDF content streams. │ │ 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. │ ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────╯Note: pdfly has nothing to do with pdfly.net or gopdfly.com
pdfly is a free software project without any company affiliation. We cannot pay contributors, but we do value their contributions 🤗
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