pdfcpu ☆

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Description:
PDF processor written in Go

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.11.1@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 21, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: pdf document-processing cli go validation optimization

Install: brew install pdfcpu

About:
pdfcpu is a powerful PDF processing tool written in Go that allows users to validate, optimize, split, merge, and encrypt PDF files. It provides a comprehensive command-line interface for batch processing and server-side operations. The tool is designed for high performance with low memory footprint, making it ideal for automated workflows.

Key Features:

Validate PDF files against ISO standards
Compress and optimize PDFs to reduce file size
Split, merge, and rotate PDF pages
Encrypt and decrypt PDFs with password protection
Extract images and text from PDFs

Use Cases:

Batch processing PDF files in CI/CD pipelines
Optimizing PDFs for web distribution
Automating PDF validation in document workflows
Server-side PDF manipulation for web applications

Alternatives:

qpdf – More mature C++ tool with broader format support but larger footprint
pdftk – Simpler CLI but less active development and fewer modern features
Ghostscript – More comprehensive but complex and heavier resource usage

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 21, 2025 11:13pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	b838a1e7
Oct 10, 2025 4:32pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	cc810e14