pypdfium2
✅ Recently maintainedPython bindings to PDFium, reasonably cross-platform.
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Python · License unverified · Last push 2026-11-02
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Get the project
git clone https://github.com/pypdfium2-team/pypdfium2.gitCloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.
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