pdfextractor ☆

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Description:
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Type: Cask | Latest Version: 1.5@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: pdf extraction document ocr text productivity

Install: brew install --cask pdfextractor

About:
PDFExtractor is a specialized tool designed to efficiently extract text, images, and other embedded resources from PDF documents. It handles both simple text-based PDFs and complex scanned documents using OCR capabilities. The tool provides a streamlined command-line interface for batch processing and automation workflows.

Key Features:

Text extraction from native and scanned PDFs
Image and attachment extraction
Batch processing support
Command-line interface for automation
OCR capabilities for scanned documents

Use Cases:

Extracting text data from PDF reports for analysis
Converting scanned documents to searchable text
Automating document processing workflows
Recovering images and media from PDF archives

Alternatives:

pdftotext – Part of poppler utilities, focuses on text extraction only
pdfimages – Specialized for extracting embedded images from PDFs
Adobe Acrobat – Commercial GUI solution with full PDF editing capabilities

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Jul 28, 2024 12:59pm	1.5	0	VERSION_BUMP	a32e2b49
Aug 29, 2022 7:32am	1.5	0	VERSION_BUMP	89507c14