PdfPecker

Name: PdfPecker
Author: Moonwalker1307

by Moonwalker1307version 1.25.0i★ 1iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Moonwalker1307/pdfpecker

How to install

What it does

HTML and Markdown to PDF with page previews, PDF text and merging. No browser, no network.

Connects Runs on your computer
Account or key No key needed
Category Docs, sheets & office work

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 3/3 checks · Runs on your computer · ✓ Commands checked Nov 13, 2026

First: which AI do you use?

ClaudeWeb · app · phoneChatGPTWebClaude CodeTerminalCursorCode editorVS CodeCode editorOtherOther apps

Pick your app and the steps appear below.

Works with Claude, with some setup first

Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time) · Only the Claude desktop app (Windows or Mac), not the web or phone

Let AI install it

Copy this message into a Claude chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.

Please install the MCP server PdfPecker for Claude on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "mcpServers": { "pdfpecker": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "pdfpecker", "mcp" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the PdfPecker tools really show up.

This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.

1
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version
- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
Open the uv download page ↗
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number: uv --version
Install once; it works for everything that needs uv
Done
Open the Claude desktop app’s settings file
SettingsDeveloperEdit Config
Done

Paste these settings and save the file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfpecker": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdfpecker",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Done

Quit Claude and open it again
Done
Try it
Use PdfPecker and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Claude says it is using PdfPecker or shows a PdfPecker tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

ChatGPT cannot connect PdfPecker yet

PdfPecker runs on your computer, but ChatGPT can only connect servers that run on the web

What you can do instead

A · Use an app that can connect PdfPecker

Steps for Claude →Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time) · Only the Claude desktop app (Windows or Mac), not the web or phone
Steps for Claude Code →Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Steps for Cursor →Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Steps for VS Code →Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)

B · Others in Docs, sheets & office work that work with ChatGPT

Picked from the most used in the same category, only ones that connect by address with no key

Puter MCP✓ ChatGPT
LMCP✓ ChatGPT
Keeper.sh✓ ChatGPT

Works with Claude Code, with some setup first

Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)

Let AI install it

Copy this message into a Claude Code chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.

Please install the MCP server PdfPecker for Claude Code on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): claude mcp add --scope user pdfpecker -- uvx pdfpecker mcp 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the PdfPecker tools really show up.

This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.

1
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version
- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
Open the uv download page ↗
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number: uv --version
Install once; it works for everything that needs uv
Done
Open Terminal
Mac: press Command+Space and type Terminal · Windows: open PowerShell
Done

Paste this command and press Enter

claude mcp add --scope user pdfpecker -- uvx pdfpecker mcp

Done

Type /mcp in Claude Code
You should see PdfPecker listed as connected
Done
Try it
Use PdfPecker and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Claude Code says it is using PdfPecker or shows a PdfPecker tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with Cursor, with some setup first

Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)

Let AI install it

Copy this message into a Cursor chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.

Please install the MCP server PdfPecker for Cursor on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "mcpServers": { "pdfpecker": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "pdfpecker", "mcp" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the PdfPecker tools really show up.

This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.

1
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version
- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
Open the uv download page ↗
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number: uv --version
Install once; it works for everything that needs uv
Done
Click this button to open Cursor
Open in Cursor
Cursor asks you to confirm; click Install
Done
Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode
Done
Try it
Use PdfPecker and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Cursor says it is using PdfPecker or shows a PdfPecker tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Cursor’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with VS Code, with some setup first

Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)

Let AI install it

Copy this message into a VS Code chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.

Please install the MCP server PdfPecker for VS Code on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "servers": { "pdfpecker": { "type": "stdio", "command": "uvx", "args": [ "pdfpecker", "mcp" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the PdfPecker tools really show up.

This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.

1
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version
- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
Open the uv download page ↗
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number: uv --version
Install once; it works for everything that needs uv
Done
Click this button to open VS Code
Open in VS Code
VS Code asks you to confirm; click Install
Done
Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode
Done
Try it
Use PdfPecker and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If VS Code says it is using PdfPecker or shows a PdfPecker tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against VS Code’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Other apps that use MCP, such as Windsurf, Zed or Gemini CLI, each add servers differently. See how in the app list.

See every app that uses MCP →

JSON settings are under “For developers” below

Stuck? Ask people who use PdfPecker💬 Discussion →

For developers: Terminal commands and JSON settings

Installed on your computer

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user pdfpecker -- uvx pdfpecker mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfpecker": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdfpecker",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfpecker": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdfpecker",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "pdfpecker": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdfpecker",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

At a glance

GitHub stars i: 1
Downloads per weeki: 445/wk
Licence i: MIT
Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Latest versioni: 1.25.0
Categoryi: Docs, sheets & office work
Published to registryi: Nov 12, 2026
Code last changedi: Nov 12, 2026
Maker: Moonwalker1307
Packages: pypi: pdfpecker
Repo: Moonwalker1307/PdfPecker.Python
Website: pdfpecker.net
Registry status: Active

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Run on your computer in

Claude Goose LM Studio Msty Studio Cherry Studio Cursor VS Code + GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Windsurf (Devin Desktop)Zed Kiro Cline Continue JetBrains AI Assistant Claude Code Codex CLI Gemini CLI OpenCode nodecode Warp LibreChat Raycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 15, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Moonwalker1307, which owns the repo
✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed 3 days ago
✓ Pass
Has a licence
Uses MIT
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Published vulnerabilities (OSV.dev)

No entries on OSV.dev for pdfpecker@1.25.0

Checks only this package version, not every dependency · checked Nov 15, 2026

What we check → · JSON

Makers: ask for a re-check or report wrong info

Discussion

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User reviews

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Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

More stars than 81% of the other 3967 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 89% of the other 3967 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3967 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is PdfPecker safe?

It passed 3 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed 3 days ago, and the latest version (1.25.0) reached the registry 3 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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pdfpecker for Python

Fast HTML and Markdown to PDF, and PDF to images and text, for Python. No browser, no dependencies, no .NET to install.

pip install pdfpecker

import pdfpecker

pdf = pdfpecker.html_to_pdf(" Invoice 42 Total: 1,250.00 EUR ") pdfpecker.html_file_to_pdf("templates/invoice.html", "invoice.pdf") # images and CSS resolve next to the file pdfpecker.markdown_file_to_pdf("README.md", "readme.pdf")

pngs = pdfpecker.pdf_to_images(pdf, dpi=96) # one PNG per page (or format="jpeg"/"webp") text = pdfpecker.pdf_to_text(pdf) # pages separated by \f both = pdfpecker.merge_pdfs([pdf, "terms.pdf"])

This is the PdfPecker .NET library, compiled ahead of time into a native library that ships inside the wheel. PdfPecker has its own HTML parser, CSS engine, layout engine, PDF writer and PDF renderer, so a conversion takes about a millisecond for a one-page invoice and never starts a browser. The package version is the library version it holds. Documentation of what PdfPecker renders, its CSS support and its limitations: pdfpecker.net/docs.

Platforms

Wheels for Linux (glibc 2.28+ and musl, x86-64 and ARM64), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows (x64 and ARM64), on Python 3.9 and later. Each wheel is about 9 MB and has no Python or system dependencies.

Speed

From Python, on a 4-core Linux cloud VM, median time per document after warm-up; the documents are the benchmark pages of the PdfPecker repository:

	Invoice, 1 page	Feature tour, 5 pages	Report, 29 pages	Start-up and first PDF	Peak memory, one PDF
pdfpecker	0.7 ms	2.9 ms	32 ms	57 ms	32 MB
Chromium 153 via Playwright	24 ms	48 ms	290 ms	735 ms	542 MB
xhtml2pdf 0.2.28	33 ms	209 ms	2.9 s	453 ms	63 MB
WeasyPrint 70.0	324 ms	797 ms	4.2 s	1.1 s	75 MB

API

Every function takes bytes or a path for PDFs, raises a subclass of PdfPeckerError on failure, is thread-safe and releases the GIL while it works, so threads convert in parallel.

Function	Returns
`html_to_pdf(html, **options)`	PDF bytes from an HTML `str` or UTF-8 `bytes`
`html_file_to_pdf(path, output=None, **options)`	PDF bytes, also written to `output` when given; `base_dir` is the file's folder
`markdown_to_pdf(markdown, **options)`	PDF bytes from CommonMark with GitHub tables, task lists, strikethrough and footnotes
`markdown_file_to_pdf(path, output=None, **options)`	as `html_file_to_pdf`
`pdf_to_images(pdf, dpi=150, format="png", pages=None, width=None, height=None, transparent=False, quality=None, password=None)`	a list of encoded images, one per page
`pdf_to_text(pdf, pages=None, password=None, order="reading")`	the text in reading order, pages separated by `\f`; `order="top_to_bottom"` reads across columns as before 1.24.0
`pdf_to_text_pages(pdf, pages=None, password=None, order="reading")`	a list with the text of each page
`pdf_to_markdown(pdf, pages=None, include_links=True, include_annotations=True, include_images=False, page_comments=False, max_pages=None, password=None)`	GitHub Flavored Markdown of any PDF: headings, lists and tables in reading order, for search indexes and language models
`pdf_page_count(pdf, password=None)`	the number of pages
`merge_pdfs(pdfs, title=None, author=None, bookmarks=True, creation_date=None)`	one PDF from several
`pdf_to_pdfa(pdf, output=None, conformance="PDF/A-2b")`	any PDF converted to PDF/A-2b, -2u, -3b or -3u, as a `PdfAResult` with `pdf`, `changes`, `problems` and `is_conformant`
`redact_pdf(pdf, output=None, text=None, pattern=None, areas=None, ignore_case=False, fill_color="#000000")`	any PDF with the matching text, or the `(page, x, y, width, height)` areas in points, removed from the file (text, image pixels, shapes, links and fields), not only covered
`read_barcodes(data, formats=None, try_inverted=True, pages=None, password=None, dpi=None)`	the QR, Data Matrix, Code 128 and EAN-13 codes in an image or the pages of a PDF, as `Barcode` objects with `format`, `text`, `data`, `is_gs1`, `page`, position and `corners`
`library_version()`	the version of the PdfPecker library inside

pages takes a page number, a list of numbers, or a range such as "1-3,5", "8-" or "last", numbered from 1. Every function also takes timeout in seconds.

Options of the HTML and Markdown functions:

Option	Meaning
`base_dir`	The folder relative image, stylesheet and font paths resolve against. Without it, a document from a string loads no local files.
`allow_file_access`	Let the document read files outside `base_dir` too. Only for HTML you trust.
`page_size`, `landscape`	`"A3"`, `"A4"` (default), `"A5"`, `"Letter"`, `"Legal"` or `(width_mm, height_mm)`. A CSS `@page { size }` rule wins.
`margin`	In points (72 per inch): one number or `(top, right, bottom, left)`. Default 36. CSS `@page { margin }` wins.
`scale`, `shrink_to_fit`	Zoom the content; shrink content wider than the page (on by default).
`header_text`, `footer_text`	A line of text in the top or bottom margin; `{page}` and `{pages}` are replaced. CSS margin boxes (`@top-center`, ...) do more.
`fonts`, `use_system_fonts`	TrueType/OpenType files or folders that CSS `font-family` can name; or look families up among the installed fonts.
`title`, `author`, `subject`, `keywords`, `language`	Document properties.
`user_style_sheet`	CSS applied after the document's own.
`creation_date`	A fixed date (`datetime`, `date` or Unix seconds): the output is then byte-identical from run to run.
`conformance`	`"PDF/A-2b"`, `"PDF/A-3b"`, `"PDF/A-2u"`, `"PDF/A-3u"`, `"PDF/A-2a"`, `"PDF/A-3a"`, `"PDF/A-4"` or `"PDF/A-4f"`. Level A always writes a tagged structure tree and a language.
`accessibility`	`"tagged"`, `"PDF/UA-1"` or `"PDF/UA-2"`.
`compress`, `bookmarks`, `max_pages`	Compress streams (on); bookmarks from headings (on); stop beyond this many pages (100,000).

Errors: PdfPeckerArgumentError (also a ValueError) for bad options, PdfReadError for input that is not a readable PDF, PdfPasswordError, PdfLimitError for max_pages and the size limits, PdfTimeoutError (also a TimeoutError) and PdfFileError (also an OSError) for a font or file that cannot be read.

Using it from AI agents and skills

pdfpecker suits code that an agent writes and runs in a sandbox: one pip install, nothing to download at run time, no browser to launch, and errors that say what went wrong. A few things to tell the agent:

Write the document as HTML with CSS; put page size, margins, page numbers and running headers in @page rules, for example @page { size: A4; margin: 20mm; @bottom-center { content: "Page " counter(page) " of " counter(pages) } }.
There is no JavaScript: charts must be SVG or images, not a script that draws them.
Images, stylesheets and fonts load from base_dir (or data: URIs), never from the network.
The built-in fonts (Helvetica, Times and Courier, with bundled fallback fonts for the letters they lack) cover Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; other scripts come out as question marks. For Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi or Thai, pass fonts=[...] with a font that covers the script, or use_system_fonts=True.
To check a result, render it back with pdf_to_images(pdf, dpi=60) and look at the pages, or read it with pdf_to_text.

MCP server

The package includes a Model Context Protocol server, so chat apps and coding agents that speak MCP can make PDFs, look at their pages and read them. It runs over stdio and needs nothing but this package:

claude mcp add pdfpecker -- uvx pdfpecker mcp            # Claude Code

For Claude Desktop and other apps that read an mcpServers setting:

{ "mcpServers": { "pdfpecker": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["pdfpecker", "mcp", "--root", "/Users/me/Documents/pdfs"] } } }

Tool	What it does
`html_to_pdf`	HTML (inline or a file) to a PDF file, with previews of the first pages to check the layout
`markdown_to_pdf`	the same for Markdown
`render_pdf_pages`	PNG images of up to 20 pages, for the model to look at
`pdf_to_text`	the text of a PDF, page by page
`pdf_to_markdown`	any PDF as Markdown, returned or written to a file
`pdf_to_pdfa`	any PDF converted to PDF/A, with what changed and what could not be fixed
`pdf_info`	page count and file size
`merge_pdfs`	several PDF files into one

The tools read and write files only inside the --root folders (repeatable), because the model picks the paths. The default is the current folder, or ~/PdfPecker when the server starts in the filesystem's root, as chat apps often do. python -m pdfpecker mcp runs the same server without uvx.

Building from source

The wheel's native library is built from the released PdfPecker NuGet package named in PDFPECKER_VERSION. It needs the .NET 10 SDK with the NativeAOT prerequisites (clang on Linux, Xcode on macOS, the Visual Studio C++ tools on Windows):

ci/build.sh linux-x64 manylinux_2_39_x86_64          # RID and wheel tag; builds, packs and tests the wheel

Or by hand: dotnet publish native/PdfPecker.Native.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64, copy pdfpecker_native.so (.dylib, .dll) into src/pdfpecker/, and run pytest. PDFPECKER_NATIVE_LIB points the package at a library elsewhere.

The C ABI (native/Exports.cs) is one function, pdfpecker_invoke(op, input, input_len, options_json, &output, &output_len, &error), plus pdfpecker_free, pdfpecker_version and pdfpecker_abi_version, so other languages with an FFI can use the same library.

Releasing

A PdfPecker release on NuGet is followed by a pull request here that changes PDFPECKER_VERSION. Once it is merged, the owner publishes a GitHub release tagged v ; the Wheels workflow builds the eight wheels again, checks the tag against PDFPECKER_VERSION and uploads them to PyPI with Trusted Publishing. It then lists the new version of the MCP server (server.json) in the official MCP Registry.

License

MIT. The wheel also contains the .NET runtime, zlib-ng and the fonts and data PdfPecker bundles, each under its own license: see THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.

PdfPecker

What it does

Install

Install uv (if you don’t have it)

Open the Claude desktop app’s settings file

Paste these settings and save the file

Quit Claude and open it again

Try it

What you can do instead

Install uv (if you don’t have it)

Open Terminal

Paste this command and press Enter

Type /mcp in Claude Code

Try it

Install uv (if you don’t have it)

Click this button to open Cursor

Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode

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