CLI Installation

Download a prebuilt binary for your platform and run pdfcpu version to verify installation.

Download

These downloads are for v0.16.0. See GitHub Releases for other versions.

macOS

• Apple Silicon (arm64)
• Intel (x86_64)

Linux

• x86_64
• arm64
• armv7
• i386

Windows

• x86_64
• i386

Checksums

• checksums.txt

Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)

Each download archive has a corresponding .sbom.json asset on the release page .
These JSON files describe application dependencies and are included in checksums.txt.

The WebAssembly (js/wasm) SBOM is generated from the tagged source with the WASM build settings. Its dependency inventory is source-derived rather than extracted from the binary.
It includes SHA-256 hashes identifying the WASM binary and its archive.

Install

1. Extract the archive.

2. Run:

   pdfcpu version

3. Optional: move the binary to a directory in your PATH:

   sudo mv pdfcpu /usr/local/bin/

Using Go

To install the latest stable release:

go install github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/cmd/pdfcpu@latest
pdfcpu version

To build with the embedded EU Trusted List certificate bundles:

go install -tags pdfcpu_eutl github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/cmd/pdfcpu@latest
pdfcpu version

Package Managers

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install pdfcpu
pdfcpu version

MacPorts

sudo port install pdfcpu
pdfcpu version

DNF/YUM (Fedora)

sudo dnf install golang-github-pdfcpu
pdfcpu version

Docker

An official pdfcpu container image is planned for v0.17.0.