awesome-python icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
awesome-python copied to clipboard

Add PyMuPDF

Open odhyp opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments

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.

--

Anyone who agrees with this pull request could submit an Approve review to it.

odhyp avatar Jan 19 '24 02:01 odhyp