# jesparza/peepdf

Powerful Python tool to analyze PDF documents

Repository: https://github.com/jesparza/peepdf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/peepdf
Homepage: http://peepdf.eternal-todo.com
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-08-19T14:03:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4160, "days_push": 744, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1461, forks 247 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.388644+00:00)

## What it is
peepdf is a Python tool for analyzing PDF files to determine whether they are malicious, offering object inspection, filter/encoding decoding, and optional JavaScript and shellcode analysis. It also supports creating and modifying PDFs, including obfuscated and malformed outputs for research purposes.

## Use cases
- analyze a suspicious pdf for malware
- extract javascript from a pdf file
- check pdf hash on virustotal
- parse malformed or encrypted pdf documents
- inspect pdf objects and streams
- create a pdf with embedded javascript
- extract shellcode from a pdf exploit

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher doing static analysis of potentially malicious PDFs
- you need an all-in-one PDF analysis tool with interactive console and batch modes
- you need to parse multiple PDF versions, object streams, or encrypted files

## When to avoid
- you just need to read or render PDFs as a normal user
- you need a GUI-based PDF analysis workflow
- you want to generate production-quality PDF documents

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, security, developer-tools, pdf
- domain: security, pdf, developer-tools, reverse-engineering
- platform: python, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: pdf-analysis, malware-analysis, javascript-analysis, shellcode-analysis, interactive-console, virus-total, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- jesparza/peepdf (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.388644+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:35:21.058873+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jesparza/peepdf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.388644+00:00, sha 60835428fe55)
  - homepage: http://peepdf.eternal-todo.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:07.735920+00:00, sha c30a25241e64)
  - site_page: https://eternal-todo.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:07.740301+00:00, sha 5b5e8130992c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.