CPDF 2.9 Beta binaries can be downloaded here: https://coherentpdf.com/beta/Cpdf-2.9-beta-binaries.zip
Not a substitute for stable v2.8.1/v2.8.2, for which see the following instructions:
Download the "master" zip from https://github.com/coherentgraphics/cpdf-binaries/archive/master.zip. Do not download a versioned tag.
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/
Cpdf may be available in your package manager:
| Operating system | Command |
|---|---|
| Windows Winget | winget install cpdf |
| Windows Chocolatey | choco install cpdf |
| MacOS | brew install cpdf |
| Linux Fedora | dnf install cpdf |
| Linux RHEL | dnf install cpdf (must have 'EPEL' repository configured) |
| Linux Centos Stream | dnf install cpdf (must have 'EPEL' repository configured) |
| Linux Ubuntu | apt-get install cpdf (must have 'universe' repository configured) |
| Linux Debian | apt-get install cpdf |
| Linux Arch | AUR package cpdf |
| Linux Gentoo | emerge app-text/cpdf |
| Linux NixOS | nixshell -p OCamlPackages.cpdf |
| Linux Alpine | apk add cpdf |
Keep up to date by joining the very low volume cpdf-announce mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/g/cpdf-announce/
- 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
- Create and process PDF/UA-1 and PDF/UA-2 files
- Process images to, for example, reduce resolution
- Rasterize PDF files
PDF Manual:
http://www.coherentpdf.com/cpdfmanual272.pdf
Examples:
http://www.coherentpdf.com/usage-examples.html
Website:
http://www.coherentpdf.com/
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
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
A JavaScript implementation for node and the browser is available:
https://github.com/coherentgraphics/coherentpdf.js
Raise an issue in this github repository, or email contact@coherentgraphics.co.uk
For commercial licenses, email contact@coherentgraphics.co.uk or visit https://www.coherentpdf.com/