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ArtifexSoftware/mupdf

mupdf mirror observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ArtifexSoftware/mupdf · homepage · C · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4088
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2930 stars · 489 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

MuPDF is a lightweight open-source C library and toolkit for viewing, rendering, parsing, and converting PDF, XPS, and e-book documents. It ships with language bindings (PyMuPDF, MuPDF.js, MuPDF.NET) and command-line tools for rendering, text extraction, annotation, redaction, merging, splitting, and digital signing.

Use cases

  • render pdf pages to images
  • extract text from pdf files
  • merge and split pdf documents
  • annotate and redact pdfs
  • digitally sign pdf documents
  • convert pdf to png or svg
  • embed a pdf viewer in an app
  • parse pdf objects and layout

When to choose

  • you need fast, lightweight PDF rendering in C or via Python/JS/C# bindings
  • you need low-level PDF parsing and manipulation
  • you can comply with AGPL or purchase a commercial license

When to avoid

  • you need a permissively licensed library and cannot use AGPL or pay for commercial licensing
  • you only need simple PDF viewing in a browser without embedding a native engine

Facets

library · maturity stable

pdf parser image-processing ocr pdf files developer-tools cross-platform cross-platform c python dotnet cli pdf-rendering pdf-viewer document-conversion pdf-annotation digital-signatures xps ebook nodejs

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Member repositories

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For agents

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