pdfplumber

Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each character, word, rectangle, line, and table.

10,885 Stars950 ForksPythonRelease: v0.11.10

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Tool Overview

pdfplumber is the leading Python tool for deep tabular data extraction and visual debugging of PDF pages. Built on top of pdfminer.six, it offers high-level methods to find and extract tables, inspect exact character coordinates, and export pages as annotated debugging images.

System Requirements: Python 3.8+

Key Capabilities & Features

State-of-the-art tabular data extraction engine with customizable edge finders

Deep character-level metadata (x0, top, bottom, x1, font name, size)

Visual debugging: render page images with overlaid bounding boxes and tables

Extract text with preserved reading order and custom horizontal thresholds

Widely used in investigative data journalism and research workflows

Package Manager & CLI Installation

Install and update pdfplumber using your preferred operating system package manager or container runtime:

$ pip install pdfplumber

Verified Official Release Downloads

v0.11.10

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Source Code ZIPVerified

pdfplumber-v0.11.10-source.zip

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Latest Release Changelog (v0.11.10)

### Changed - Upgrade `pdfminer.six` from `20251230` to `20260107`. ([07a5ff6](https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/commit/07a5ff6)) - Update minimum version requirement for `Pillow` and `pypdfium2` and update versions in `requirements-dev.txt` (h/t @kjoetang). ([1e6de0b](https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/commit/1e6de0b) + [#1374](https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/issues/1374))

Specifications & Compatibility

Supported Ebook Formats

PDF

Supported Operating Systems

Cross-PlatformWindowsmacOSLinux

Primary LanguagePython

Software LicenseMIT

Official Repositoryjsvine/pdfplumber

Last Checked & Verified2026-11-08 04:50:13 UTC

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