If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents.
This terse, technical documentation of pdftk features is your pdftk manual. Pdftk is a command-line program, so you should use your computer terminal or command prompt to try these examples.
These examples show you how to perform common PDF tasks from the command-line using pdftk.
Pdftk installers are available for Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux and other platforms.
Instructions, code and tips on how to build pdftk on various platforms.
A history of pdftk features and fixes. It also links to older versions of pdftk.
Explains conditions under which you may distribute pdftk. Commercial license terms are available.
PDF Labs is where you can find professional tools and services for your PDF-related jobs. It is run by Sid Steward, author of PDF Hacks (O’Reilly) and the popular PDF Toolkit.
Contact Sid Steward by email. Please include pdftk in the subject, even if it isn’t related to your inquiry:
"If you like pdftk, then you’ll appreciate the other 25 programs and scripts I created for my book, PDF Hacks. Read some sample hacks and the Table of Contents. See an online example or two, and then buy the book. Thanks!" — Sid
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