@spark-apps/pdfile

Comprehensive PDF Utility Toolkit for Windows

✨ Features

• Merge PDFs - Combine multiple PDF files into one
• PDF to Word - Convert PDFs to editable .docx format
• Add Signature - Add PNG signatures with automatic background removal
• Insert Date - Add today's date in various formats
• Remove Pages - Delete specific pages from PDFs
• Reorder Pages - Rearrange or move pages up/down
• Rotate Pages - Rotate pages 90°, 180°, or 270°

All PDF exports are automatically compressed for optimal file size.

📥 Installation

npm install -g @spark-apps/pdfile
pdfile install    # Add Windows context menu

Requirements:

• Windows with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
• Node.js >= 18
• ImageMagick (optional, for signature background removal): sudo apt install imagemagick

📖 Usage

CLI Commands

# Merge PDFs
pdfile merge file1.pdf file2.pdf -o output.pdf

# Convert to Word
pdfile to-word document.pdf

# Add signature (auto-removes background)
pdfile sign document.pdf signature.png

# Insert date
pdfile insert-date document.pdf -f "MM/DD/YYYY"

# Remove pages
pdfile remove-pages document.pdf -p "1,3,5"

# Reorder pages
pdfile reorder document.pdf -n "3,1,2"
pdfile move-page document.pdf 2 up

# Rotate pages
pdfile rotate document.pdf -r 90

Windows Context Menu

Right-click any PDF in Windows Explorer to access tools via GUI:

pdfile install     # Enable context menu
pdfile uninstall   # Disable context menu

🔧 Technical Details

Built with pdf-lib, pdf-parse, and docx. All PDFs are compressed with object streams for optimal file size.

🌱 Support & Contributions

⭐ Star the repo & I power up like Mario 🍄
☕ Devs run on coffee
🤝 Contributions are welcome

💖 Sponsor

If you find PDFile useful, please consider sponsoring the project! Your support helps maintain and improve the toolkit.

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