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PDF tooling for Go and the command line.

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2026

Release v0.13.0

CLI: Add stdin/stdout support and --force.
Refactor command plumbing and parameter handling.
Harden stream parsing, filter decoding, file path handling, and parser limits.
Reduce default binary size by moving bundled EUTL trust-list certificates behind the pdfcpu_eutl build tag.
Fix #513, #801, #1291, #1296, #1316, #1317, #1327, #1359, #1364, #1373, #1375, #1393, #1394, #1396, #1402, #1410, #1411.

Release v0.12.1

Fix #1319, #1322, #1357, #1381, #1388, #1389

Release v0.12.0

Migrate cli to cobra.
Fix #399, #642, #1055, #1201, #1211, #1215, #1229, #1231, #1255, #1261, #1263, #1267, #1268, #1276, #1278, #1280, #1285, #1292, #1297-#1299, #1307, #1329-#1331, #1334, #1341, #1345, #1353, #1382

2025

Release v0.11.1

Fix #846, #1097, #1112, #1156, #1166, #1173, #1176, #1177, #1183, #1185, #1187, #1188, #1189, #1193-#1195, #1202, #1203, #1216, #1226, #1230, #1231, #1235

Release v0.11.0

Add cert inspect command.
Fix #1056, #1085, #1107, #1113, #1117-#1119, #1142, #1149, #1152, #1163, #1165, #1168, #1171

Release v0.10.2

Add signature & cert commands.
Fix #888, #972, #973, #984, #985, #987, #988, #991, #999, #1001, #1007, #1008, #1010, #1013, #1015-#1017, #1019, #1021, #1025, #1027, #1029, #1034, #1036, #1041, #1047, #1049, #1058, #1064, #1065, #1066, #1067, #1072, #1073, #1076, #1077, #1080, #1081, #1089, #1090, #1098, #1099, #1100, #1111, #1114, #1116

2024

Release v0.9.1

Fix config file handling

Release v0.9.0

Add images list, extract, update cmds.
Add config list, reset cmds.
Add offline flag.
Fix #455, #859, #868, #897, #935, #940, #941, #947, #948, #953, #951, #953, #955, #961, #965

Release v0.8.1

Improve CJK, annotation support.
Fix #628, #687, #767, #819, #830, #862, #867, #871, #881, #884-#887, #890, #891, #895, #898, #903, #907, #908, #910-#912, #914, #915, #918, #921, #924, #926, #930-#932

Release v0.8.0

PDF 2.0 encryption, parser speedup, booklet enhancements.
Fix #821, #823, #826, #828, #832, #834, #835, #838, #839, #841, #844, #849, #851, #852, #855

Release v0.7.0

Add zoom command, basic PDF 2.0 updating.
Fix #628, #724, #756, #758-#760, #765-#766, #769-#774, #780, #783-#784, #786-#787, #793-#796, #798, #802, #805-#811, #813-815, #818

2023

Release v0.6.0

Add pagelayout, pagemode, viewerpref cmds, basic PDF 2.0 validation.
Fix #373, #472, #473, #635, #665, #689, #701, #705, #706, #708, #710, #711, #713, #716, #717, #722, #723, #727, #731-733, #734, #736-740, #742,747

Release v0.5.0

Add bookmarks command.
Fix #506, #604, #621, #657, #659, #660, #663, #664, #666, #667, #669, #671

Release v0.4.2

Bookmark support for merging.
Fix #606, #608, #617, #618, #622, #623, #624, #626, #627, #630-#632, #635-#637, #644, #649, #650, #654

Release v0.4.1

Add cut, ndown, poster commands

Release v0.4.0

Add form, resize commands

2021

Commit e9f927d

Fix #396, add config command

Release v0.3.13

Add create command.
Fix 335, #349, #353, #354, #356, #358, #362, #366, #371, #380, #381, #386, #387, #394, #388

Release v0.3.12

Add annotations, images commands.
Fix #300, #302, #323, #324, #329, #331-336, #338, #341-343, #347, #350

Release v0.3.11

Add right to left stamping

Release v0.3.10

Support webp, RTL Unicode Text.
Fix #271, #273, #285, #287, #293-#299, #301, #303, #305, #307, #311, #313, #316, #319

Release v0.3.9

Add booklet cmd.
Fix #276, #279, #280, #285, #288, #290, #291

2020

Release v0.3.8

Add boxes, crop commands.
Fix #210, #216, #236, #238, #241, #244, #245, #250, #252, #256, #258, #259, #262, #264, #265, #268

Release v0.3.7

Add CJKV font support.
Fix #233

Release v0.3.6

Fix #218, #220-#224, #231,#232. Add config dir & file

Release v0.3.5

Fix #145, #207, #208, #213, #215

Release v0.3.4

Fix #100,#102,#177,#180,#187. Fix #191-197, #199-202

Release v0.3.3

stamps: Add hAlign, margins, border.
Fix #157,#170,#173,#175,#181-184,#188

Release v0.3.2

Support multi-stamping.
Add keywords, properties commands.
Add collect, portfolio commands.
Fix #112,#140,#143,#144,#146,#148,#152

2019

Release v0.3.1

TrueType support.
Fix #126,133,137,138

Release v0.3

Fix #113,#114,#117,#119,#121,#123,#130

Release v0.2.5

Fix #101, #103, #107-#109

Release v0.2.4

Fix #100, #104. Use x/image/ccitt.

Release v0.2.3

Transfer repo to org

Release v0.2.2

Fix #95-#97

Release v0.2.1

Fix #92, #93

Release v0.2

Redesign API, info cmd.
Fix #87,#89-#91

Release v0.1.24

Add AES-256 encryption

Commit 86b3445

Fix #82, #86 repairs corrupt xref sections.

Commit f9a4092

Fix #80, #81

Commit 14e74ba

Fix #75, #76

Release v0.1.23

Support multiline watermarks.
fix #27, #61, #63

Commit 80aa62c

Fix #71, #72

Release v0.1.22

Insert & Remove Pages, go mod support.

Commit 967c250

Fix #69: Correct name parsing.

Commit 067897d

Cleanup encryption.

Commit 6e1af9e

Fix stamp transform calc.

Commit 769b2e4

Fix #64: locating lastxref.

Release v0.1.21

Add N-Up, Grid commands.
Fix #51, #58.

2018

Release v0.1.20

Add Import and Rotate commands.

Release v0.1.19

Add JPEG support.
Fix #52,#53,#54,#56.

Release v0.1.18

Add ReadSeeker support.
Fix #5,#39,#44.

Release v0.1.17

TIFF: Add support for CCITT decoding.

Release v0.1.16

CCITT fax decoding.
Fix #38, #40, #41.

Release v0.1.15

Add Stamp cmd, fork x/image/tiff.

Release v0.1.14

Extract: Write Flate as PNG.
Fix #25.

Release v0.1.13

Add Runlength filter support.

Release v0.1.12

Fork compress/lzw, fix #21-#23.

Release v0.1.11

Add LZWDecode filter support.

Release v0.1.10

Add name tree caching.
Fix #18.

Release v0.1.9

Redesign extraction API.
Fix #7.

Release v0.1.8

Introduce PDFObject interface.

Release v0.1.7

Add logging interface.
Merge PR #15.

Release v0.1.6

Add List/Add permissions command.

Release v0.1.5

Add Encrypt/Decrypt command.

2017

Release v0.1.4

Fix object freelist management.

Release v0.1.3

Add Attachments command. Fix #9.

Release v0.1.2

Fix #11.

Release v0.1.1

Add examples.
Fix #10.