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Document infrastructure for the web, powered by open-source: Ghostscript for PDL, MuPDF for PDF speed, PyMuPDF for LLM/RAG. Need APIs? @pdfdotco

[artifex @artifex]

PyMuPDF 2.0 is out now! The latest version consolidates PyMuPDF4LLM and PyMuPDF Layout into one package. Read more: https://t.co/Xoyxt6GXRD

[artifex @artifex]

RT @pdfdotco: Converting a PDF to PDF/A and knowing whether it actually conforms are two different things.

Our new endpoint does both! Sen…

[OH! MEDIA @ohtweet]

MuPDF. App untuk buka PDF files paling simple kat Android dan sesuai dijadikan default app. Free selamanya, tak ada iklan.

[Python Coding @clcoding]

Python + Generative Art = Creative Coding!

Who said Python is only for data science and automation?

With just a few lines of Python, you can create generative artwork and turn it into a PDF.

This example uses PyMuPDF (fitz) + random to:

Generate 100 random circles
Create a unique visual pattern
Draw everything directly into a PDF
Add custom Python-themed text
Save the final artwork as a PDF

The best part? Every run can create a different design because the positions and sizes are randomized.

Python isn't just about solving problems —
it's also a tool for creativity.

https://t.co/McUOuEcUzH

[pymupdf @pymupdf]

New blog just released: https://t.co/b3frTHdhq4

[Python Coding @clcoding]

Convert PDF → Flipbook GIF using Python! ➡️

Turn your PDF pages into an animated flipbook GIF with just a few lines of Python!

✨ What you’ll learn:

✅ Convert PDF pages into images
✅ Use PyMuPDF (fitz) for PDF processing
✅ Create animated GIFs with Pillow
✅ Automate document visualization using Python

Perfect for developers, educators, and content creators!

https://t.co/MAhVsFdU9V

[PDF.co @pdfdotco]

New n8n template: a cited research brief on your topics, every Monday at 7am, as a PDF in your inbox.

Brave searches → Firecrawl reads → Claude writes → https://t.co/fdlkZpJIsv renders → Gmail + Drive.

(Test it out first with Gateway credits - No API key set up!)

https://t.co/65MooGyN0D

[PDF.co @pdfdotco]

@n8n_io @AnthropicAI @OpenAI @GeminiApp Glad to be one of the providers in this launch! https://t.co/wXE6qfnrBN generates PDFs from HTML — and splits, merges, fills forms, compresses and password-protects them. It's the step that turns an agent's output into something polished you can send a client.

[현빈 | Hyunbin @hyunbinseo97]

Ghostscript is awesome at compressing PDF:

[ 9.1M]  input.pdf
[ 770K]  output.pdf

[howtopam @howtopam]

After trying my usual methods with disappointing results, I decided to give Ghostscript a proper shot. What happened next absolutely blew my mind: it reduced a 16MB PDF to just 866KB without any noticeable loss in quality.
https://t.co/vEurR8LtRr

[howtopam @howtopam]

Here is a handy and useful Linux and Unix shell script that reduce PDF file size using Ghostscript. No need to upload your PDF file to the shady third-party website.
https://t.co/2QX1AesBoY

[artifex @artifex]

New on the PyMuPDF blog: we pulled together 13 public OCR and document-parsing leaderboards and asked one question. When the org behind a benchmark enters its own model, where does it finish?

10 benchmarks had an identifiable in-house entry, and all 10 landed in the top three. 7 placed first.

[pymupdf @pymupdf]

https://t.co/wtxB3aCWIS

[howtopam @howtopam]

A simple wrapper around Ghostscript to shrink PDFs (as in reduce filesize) under Linux. Inspired by some code I found in an OpenOffice Python script (I think). The script feeds a PDF through Ghostscript.
https://t.co/kNELg140qH

[Aron @acousticprotest]

@simonw You can do pdf -> md + images with zero tokens like this (what I do) https://t.co/5Dtge6mhNf

[pymupdf @pymupdf]

We hit the 1 billion mark on PyPI yesterday! https://t.co/fRJZwIwP49
🐮🎉

[pymupdf @pymupdf]

It's time to celebrate over 1 billion downloads of PyMuPDF! 🎉
https://t.co/pFCbTRUL0r

[atsushi_noguchi（人間性に難あり）🌗 @fujimicho]

PyMuPDFが強い

[artifex @artifex]

@jyzg Thank you for your work on Brotli. It's quite impressive and will make a huge difference for the PDF format!

[artifex @artifex]

Brotli compression is coming to PDF! That means smaller PDFs at the same quality. An example from our testing - the PDF 1.7 reference manual, 1,310 pages and 30.95MB, comes down to just over 13MB. Read more: https://t.co/7NMaZDHZRc

[Jyrki Alakuijala 🇺🇦 @jyzg]

@artifex I'm so proud of this. Big thanks to everyone who has helped this to happen.