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Introduction
PDFuck is a tool to remove PDF editing password, which is used in CLI (command line) mode.
Installation
Before installing, please ensure that you have installed Python (>=3.8) and its matching version of pip, and then enter the following command at the command prompt:
pip install pdfuck
Or use uv to run directly without installing:
uvx pdfuck
Note: If you use this method, subsequent usage will require adding uvx before the command. You can also set an alias for easier use:
alias pdfuck='uvx pdfuck'
Usage
Remove PDF password
For example, if you want to remove the password from the PDF file which is located in example.pdf, just enter the following command:
pdfuck example.pdf
The default path of the output file is example.fucked.pdf.
Manually specify the output file path
If you want to specify the path of the output file manually, you can use the -o parameter, for example:
pdfuck example.pdf -o target.pdf
PDF file requires opening password
Use the -p parameter to manually specify the opening password, for example:
pdfuck example.pdf -p password
Credit
Thanks for the following open source projects. The completion of this project is inseparable from the code contributed by these authors.
Workflow
Configure development environment
uv pip install -e .
Build
uv build