pymupdfpro

What it is and what it does

PyMuPDF Pro is a commercial extension to the PyMuPDF library that adds native support for Microsoft Office and related document formats. It enables reading, extracting content from, and converting Office files—including Word (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), and Korean Hangul formats (.hwp, .hwpx)—directly within Python code. The package works by extending PyMuPDF's API with new methods for Office document handling.

The package is distributed as precompiled wheels for major platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS on both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures) and requires Python 3.9 or later. It depends on PyMuPDF as its core, plus requests and fontconfig_py for font handling. A license key is required for unrestricted use; trial mode is available but with unspecified limitations. The package is actively maintained and has no known security vulnerabilities.

Use it for:

• Extract text and tables from Word documents, Excel sheets, or PowerPoint slides for data processing or analysis pipelines
• Convert Office documents to PDF or JSON/Markdown formats for archival, distribution, or downstream processing
• Build document ingestion systems that need to handle mixed Office and PDF formats uniformly
• Automate batch processing of corporate documents (reports, invoices, presentations) without requiring Office software
• Integrate Office document parsing into web services or APIs that need to support multiple file types

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

PyMuPDF Pro extends PyMuPDF with commercial Office document handling—parsing, extracting text and tables from, and converting doc, docx, hwp, hwpx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, and similar formats.

Yes, with conditions. Install if you need to parse or convert Office documents and can obtain a license key from Artifex. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and offers broad platform support. However, the commercial license and unclear trial restrictions mean you should verify licensing terms and test trial mode before committing to production use.

Install

pymupdfpro on PyPI

pip install pymupdfpro

uv add pymupdfpro

poetry add pymupdfpro

Installing pymupdfpro

Before you install

Medium install friction: precompiled wheels available for Windows x86_64, Linux x86_64/aarch64, and macOS x86_64/arm64, but requires Python 3.9+. Active maintenance with release 8 days old. Depends on PyMuPDF, requests, and fontconfig_py.

License in practice

Commercial license with unclear treatment—requires checking artifex.com for terms. Wheels may bundle libfontconfig under a permissive license. No SPDX identifier provided; terms and restrictions are not standard open-source.

Quickstart

pip install pymupdfpro

import pymupdf.pro
pymupdf.pro.unlock()  # Restricted; use pymupdf.pro.unlock(key) for full access

# PyMuPDF now has Pro features enabled

Requires Python 3.9+. License key from https://pymupdf.io/try-pro needed for unrestricted use; trial mode has limitations.

Verify before relying

• Specific restrictions and feature limitations in trial/unlicensed mode beyond 'some restrictions'
• Whether fontconfig_py dependency is automatically resolved or requires manual system setup
• Performance characteristics and file size limits for Office document handling
• Support for embedded media, macros, or complex formatting in Office files

Package facts

Evidence: pymupdfpro-1.28.2-cp310-abi3-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl; pymupdfpro-1.28.2-cp310-abi3-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; pymupdfpro-1.28.2-cp310-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl; pymupdfpro-1.28.2-cp310-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl; pymupdfpro-1.28.2-cp310-abi3-win_amd64.whl

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