[PR #2553] [CLOSED] Add PyMuPDF #1871

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-06T13:24:52-06:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2553
Author: @odhyp
Created: 1/19/2024
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: add-PyMuPDF

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e36f7f9 Add specific formats processing library PyMuPDF

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📄 Description

What is this Python project?

PyMuPDF is a Python binding for MuPDF, a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer and toolkit. It enables efficient PDF handling, offering features such as rendering, text extraction, and image manipulation.

What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?

Unlike alternatives such as pypdf, pdfminer, and pypdf2, PyMuPDF distinguishes itself with a focus on speed and efficiency. It leverages the MuPDF engine for swift PDF processing, making it a lightweight and high-performance choice for tasks such as rendering and text extraction. Benchmark data is available both here and here.

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_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2553 **Author:** [@odhyp](https://github.com/odhyp) **Created:** 1/19/2024 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-PyMuPDF` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`e36f7f9`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/e36f7f9f78c8bae90fc07ff895c07cd9d8644d28) Add specific formats processing library PyMuPDF ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ## What is this Python project? PyMuPDF is a Python binding for MuPDF, a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer and toolkit. It enables efficient PDF handling, offering features such as rendering, text extraction, and image manipulation. ## What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones? Unlike alternatives such as pypdf, pdfminer, and pypdf2, PyMuPDF distinguishes itself with a focus on speed and efficiency. It leverages the MuPDF engine for swift PDF processing, making it a lightweight and high-performance choice for tasks such as rendering and text extraction. Benchmark data is available both [here](https://github.com/py-pdf/benchmarks?tab=readme-ov-file) and [here](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html#performance). -- Anyone who agrees with this pull request could submit an *Approve* review to it. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-python#1871