pdfly ☆

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Description:
CLI tool to extract (meta)data from PDF and manipulate PDF files

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.5.1@4 | Tracked Since: Nov 25, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: pdf cli document extraction manipulation

Install: brew install pdfly

About:
pdfly is a command-line interface tool built on top of the PyMuPDF library. It allows users to quickly extract text, images, and metadata from PDF files without complex scripting. Its main value proposition is providing a fast, Python-based utility for common PDF inspection and manipulation tasks directly in the terminal.

Key Features:

Extract text and metadata from PDFs
Merge, split, and crop PDF files
Convert PDF pages to images (PNG/JPG)
Add watermarks or annotations

Use Cases:

Batch processing PDF files for data extraction
Quickly splitting large documents into smaller sections
Automating PDF manipulation in shell scripts

Alternatives:

pdftotext – pdfly offers more manipulation features beyond just text extraction.
qpdf – pdfly is Python-based and easier to extend for custom logic.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 24, 2025 2:26am	0.5.1	4	VERSION_BUMP	e4e05128
Nov 25, 2025 9:12am		2	VERSION_BUMP	37c1de4e
Oct 28, 2025 2:07am		1	VERSION_BUMP	d7843e6d
Sep 16, 2025 1:06pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	a0d3f849