# pymupdf4llm

> PyMuPDF Utilities for LLM/RAG

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/pymupdf4llm
- **Author**: Artifex
- **Category**: RAG & Memory
- **Latest version**: `1.27.2.2` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: non-standard
- **Source**: https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md
- **Homepage**: https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 1,583 stars, 197 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`pymupdf4llm`)
- **Tags**: `pypi`

## Description

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  <a href="https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm">
    <img loading="lazy" alt="PyMuPDF logo" src="https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_static/sidebar-logo-light.svg" width="150px" height='auto' />
  </a>
</p>

# PyMuPDF4LLM

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**PyMuPDF4LLM** is a lightweight extension for **PyMuPDF** that turns documents into clean, structured data with minimal setup. It includes layout analysis *without* any GPU requirement.


**PyMuPDF4LLM** makes it easy to extract document content in the format you need for **LLM** & **RAG** environments. It supports structured data extraction to **Markdown**, **JSON** and **TXT** , as well as [LlamaIndex](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pymupdf4llm/index.html#with-llamaindex) and [LangChain](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pymupdf4llm/index.html#with-langchain) integration.



## Features

- Parsing of [multiple document formats](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html#feature-matrix).
- Export structured data as Markdown, JSON and plain text output formats.
- Support for multi-column pages.
- Support for image and vector graphics extraction.
- Layout analysis for better semantic understanding of document structure.
- Support for page chunking output.
- Integration with popular AI frameworks.


## Installation

```bash
$ pip install -U pymupdf4llm
```

> This command will automatically install or upgrade [PyMuPDF](https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF) as required.


## Execution


### Markdown

```python
import pymupdf4llm

# The remainder of the script is unchanged
md_text = pymupdf4llm.to_markdown("input.pdf")

# now work with the output data, e.g. store as a UTF8-encoded file
import pathlib
pathlib.Path("output.md").write_text(md_text)
```


### JSON

```python
import pymupdf4llm

json_text = pymupdf4llm.to_json("input.pdf")

# now work with the output data, e.g. store as a UTF8-encoded file
import pathlib
pathlib.Path("output.json").write_text(json_text)
```

### Plain Text

```python
import pymupdf4llm

plain_text = pymupdf4llm.to_text("input.pdf")

# now work with the output data, e.g. store as a UTF8-encoded file
import pathlib
pathlib.Path("output.txt").write_text(plain_text)
```


## Documentation

Check out the [PyMuPDF4LLM  documentation](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pymupdf4llm), for details on installation, features, sample code and the [full API](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pymupdf4llm/api.html).

## Examples

Find our [examples on GitHub](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/tree/main/examples).

## Integrations

For your AI application development, check out our 
[integrations](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pymupdf4llm/index.html#integrations) with popular frameworks.

## Support

You can get support for PyMuPDF4LLM via a number of options:

- [GitHub Issue Board](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/issues)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/7pH3gqcRtg)
- [MuPDF Forum](https://forum.mupdf.com)

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `1.27.2.2` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (1.27.2.2) |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |
| `v0.3.4` | 2026-02-14 | Low | For change details please consult [this](https://github.com/pymupdf/pymupdf4llm/blob/main/CHANGES.md) file. |

## Citation

- HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/pymupdf4llm
- Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/pymupdf4llm.md
- Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/pymupdf4llm/deps

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