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pdfly

A command-line tool for extracting information from PDFs and manipulating PDF files.

By The pdfly contributors

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About pdfly

pdfly provides commands for concatenating, rotating, compressing, signing and extracting content from PDF files. It can also create booklet layouts, verify signatures and convert files to PDF.

Install it with pip, pipx or uv tool. It is a Python command-line application for document tasks.

Strengths

  • Includes commands for PDF extraction, editing and conversion
  • Can create booklet layouts and verify signed PDFs
  • Available through pip, pipx and uv tool

Limitations

  • Command-line interface requires comfort with terminal commands

Details

Pricing
FreeFree software under the BSD 3-Clause license.
License
BSD-3-Clause
Developer
The pdfly contributors
Platforms
Command line
How it runs
Downloadable app
Best suited for
People who want to inspect and manipulate PDFs from a terminal
Categories
PDF tools, CLI tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Selected from the Homebrew formula

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