---
id: pypdf
version: "6.16.0"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# pypdf — A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming PDF files

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

## Install

pip install pypdf
uv add pypdf
poetry add pypdf

## Description

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# pypdf

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library capable of splitting,
[merging](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/merging-pdfs.html),
[cropping, and transforming](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/cropping-and-transforming.html)
the pages of PDF files. It can also add
custom data, viewing options, and
[passwords](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/encryption-decryption.html)
to PDF files. pypdf can
[retrieve text](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/extract-text.html)
and
[metadata](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/metadata.html)
from PDFs as well.

See [pdfly](https://github.com/py-pdf/pdfly)...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

pypdf is a pure-Python library for reading, splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming PDF files, plus extracting text, metadata, and managing encryption.

Verdict: pypdf is a mature, actively maintained, permissively licensed PDF toolkit with no known vulnerabilities, minimal dependencies, and strong community adoption (top 1000 PyPI). It is production-ready for standard PDF operations.

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