Command-line tool

mutool

winget/ArtifexSoftware.mutool

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Convert, query information, and extract data from PDF files. pdf convert

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id ArtifexSoftware.mutool -e

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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