# Install jpdfbookmarks with Homebrew

Create and edit bookmarks on existing PDF files. Version 2.5.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:jpdfbookmarks
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jpdfbookmarks
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:jpdfbookmarks
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jpdfbookmarks>
- **Version:** 2.5.2
- **Source summary:** Create and edit bookmarks on existing PDF files
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfbookmarks/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/jpdfbookmarks/githublink/ci/main/tree>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/jpdfbookmarks/githublink/ci/main/tree/README>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jpdfbookmarks/JPdfBookmarks-2.5.2/jpdfbookmarks-2.5.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- jpdfbookmarks (cli)
- jpdfbookmarks (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.5.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfbookmarks/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

JPdfBookmarks is a Java PDF utility for creating and editing bookmarks in existing PDF files. Its niche is practical document repair: restore, edit, dump, and load outline bookmarks without changing the rest of the PDF workflow.

### Project history

The SourceForge project was registered on 2010-01-07 and describes JPdfBookmarks as software for creating and editing bookmarks on existing PDF files. The file archive shows a quick 2.x release sequence through 2010 and 2011, ending with the 2.5.2 package dated 2011-11-23.

The project later exposed a SourceForge Git code area for JPdfBookmarks 3, while the main SourceForge project page and wiki remained the public documentation surfaces.

### Adoption history

JPdfBookmarks appears as a narrower package than most PDF toolkits: the batch facts list Homebrew packaging but not a broad cross-distro matrix. SourceForge download counts and reviews show continuing niche use, especially by users who need PDF bookmarks after other PDF edits remove or damage outlines.

### How it is used

The project page lists GUI and command-line use: add bookmarks, edit bookmarks, create bookmark targets for web pages or files, and reorganize outlines by dragging and dropping in the interface.

### Why package nerds care

JPdfBookmarks matters to package collectors because it is one of those single-job PDF utilities that persists outside large office suites. It is useful when pdftk-style structural manipulation or a full commercial PDF editor is too broad for simply repairing outlines.

### Timeline

- 2010: SourceForge project registered on January 7.
- 2010: JPdfBookmarks 2.0.1 appeared in the SourceForge files archive on January 24.
- 2010: Multiple 2.x releases followed through 2.4.3 by October 2.
- 2011: JPdfBookmarks 2.5.2 appeared in the SourceForge files archive on November 23.
- 2026: SourceForge project page showed project activity and a 2026-04-18 last-update date.

### Related projects

- SourceForge recommends adjacent PDF bookmark and PDF manipulation tools such as PDFtk Bookmarks Editor, PDFTK Builder Enhanced, PDF Split and Merge, HandyOutliner, and PDFPatcher.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jpdfbookmarks>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/jpdfbookmarks/githublink/ci/main/tree/README>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/jpdfbookmarks/wiki/Home/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfbookmarks/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfbookmarks/files/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** jpdfbookmarks
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jpdfbookmarks.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/jpdfbookmarks.yml)


## Sources

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- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
