---
id: pdfminer-six
version: "20260107"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pdfminer.six — PDF parser and analyzer

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install pdfminer-six
uv add pdfminer-six
poetry add pdfminer-six

## Description

pdfminer.six
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*We fathom PDF*

Pdfminer.six is a community maintained fork of the original PDFMiner. It is a tool for extracting information from PDF
documents. It focuses on getting and analyzing text data. Pdfminer.six extracts the text from a page directly from the
sourcecode of the PDF. It can also be used to get the exact location, font or color of the text.

It is built in a modular way such that each component of pdfminer.six can be replaced easily. You can implement your own
interpreter or rendering device that uses the power of pdfminer.six for other purposes than text analysis.

Check out the full documentation on
[Read the Docs](https://pdfminersix.readthedocs.io).


Features
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* Written entirely in Python.
* Parse, analyze, and...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Extracts and analyzes text, images, and metadata from PDF documents using pure Python, supporting encryption, CJK languages, and various compression formats.

Verdict: Production-stable PDF extraction library with active maintenance, permissive MIT licensing, and low install friction. Well-suited for text and metadata extraction workflows; no known vulnerabilities as of 2026-08-13.

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