Command-line tool

mupdf

brew/mupdf

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Lightweight PDF and XPS viewer

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/mupdf

macOS

brew install mupdf

Linux

brew install mupdf

Convert a range of pages to PNGs (Note: `%nd` in the output placeholder must be replaced with a print modifier like `%d` or `%2d`)

mutool convert -o path/to/output%nd.png path/to/input.pdf 1-10

Convert one or more pages of a PDF into text in `stdout`

mutool draw -F txt path/to/input.pdf 2,3,5,...

Concatenate multiple PDF files

mutool merge -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input1.pdf path/to/input2.pdf ...

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