cpdf-binaries

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PDF Command Line Tools binaries for Linux, Mac, Windows.

Cpdf is distributed under the AGPL - see LICENSE.md. If you are unable to abide by the terms of the AGPL, you will need a commercial license.

For commercial licenses, email contact@coherentgraphics.co.uk or visit https://www.coherentpdf.com/

Functionality

Quality Split and Merge, keeping bookmarks. Extract pages. Split on Bookmarks.
Encrypt and Decrypt (including AES 128 and AES 256 encryption)
Scale, rotate, crop and flip pages. Scale pages to fit.
Copy, Remove and Add bookmarks
Stamp logos, watermarks, page numbers and multiline text. Transparency.
Embed TrueType fonts when adding text
Supports Unicode UTF8 text input and output
Make PDF-based presentations
Put multiple pages on a single page
List, copy, set, or remove annotations
Read and set document information and metadata
Add and remove file attachments to document or page.
Thicken hairlines, blacken text, make draft documents
Reconstruct malformed files
Detect missing fonts, low resolution images
Export and import PDF files in JSON format
Build table of contents
Convert text to PDF
Draw on PDF files with graphics and text

Documentation

PDF Manual:

http://www.coherentpdf.com/cpdfmanual.pdf

Examples:

http://www.coherentpdf.com/usage-examples.html

Website:

http://www.coherentpdf.com/

To Install

The program cpdf (or cpdf.exe for Windows) is a single executable with no dependencies. Copy it to somewhere suitable on your platform.

The last version of cpdf compatible with Windows XP is v2.2.1.

MacOS: The executable is codesigned, but not notarized. If it refuses to run the first time, go to System Preferences --> Security & Privacy and click "Allow anyway". Instructions:

https://www.coherentpdf.com/mac.html

C/C++/Python/.NET/Java API

An API version of these tools is available:

C/C++ source: https://github.com/johnwhitington/cpdflib-source

C/C++ binaries: https://github.com/coherentgraphics/cpdflib-binary

Python: https://github.com/coherentgraphics/python-libcpdf

Java: https://github.com/coherentgraphics/jcpdf

.NET: https://github.com/coherentgraphics/dotnet-libcpdf

Coherentpdf.js

A JavaScript implementation for node and the browser is available:

https://github.com/coherentgraphics/coherentpdf.js

Support

Raise an issue in this github repository, or email contact@coherentgraphics.co.uk