Poppler
PDF rendering library with pdftotext, pdftoppm and pdfinfo tools.
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Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install poppler - Homebrew
brew install poppler
About Poppler
Poppler renders PDF files for many Linux applications and ships command-line utilities including pdftotext, pdftoppm, pdfimages, pdfinfo and pdfunite for extracting and inspecting PDF content. It originated from the xpdf code base.
Strengths
- pdftotext and pdftoppm are the standard tools for extraction and rasterising
- Underpins PDF rendering across the Linux desktop
Limitations
- Licensed under the GPL, so programs calling it must be too
- A library plus utilities rather than an application
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- The Poppler project
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- PDF rendering library with pdftotext, pdftoppm and pdfinfo tools
- Categories
- PDF tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (PDF & Documents); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.