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Install pdf2image with Homebrew
Convert PDFs to images. Version 0.53 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Convert PDFs to images
Project links
Commands and aliases
- pdf2image
history
Project history and usage
PDF2Image is a command-line and library-style PDF conversion project for rendering PDF pages to image formats and exporting text data. The archived Google Code metadata describes it as based on XPDF 3.02 and requiring Ghostscript and FreeType.
Project history
The original project was hosted on Google Code as pdf2image with Subversion source hosting. Google Code archive metadata records the project as having source, a GPL-2 license, and a later move to the FlexPaper GitHub repository.
The 0.53 source and Windows executable were published in January 2012 according to the official Google Code archive downloads metadata. That 0.53 line is the same major historical release packaged by Homebrew for the command-line formula.
Adoption history
PDF2Image was tied to FlexPaper and FlowPaper-style document viewing workflows, where pre-rendering PDF pages to images or extracting text metadata was useful for web display pipelines. In package-manager culture it remains a small compatibility package for users who need this older Ghostscript/XPDF-based converter rather than the unrelated modern Python package with the same name.
How it is used
The archived official description documents a pdf2image command accepting a PDF input and optional XML output, with flags for first and last page, JSON output, compression, zoom, image device, encoding, owner password, and user password.
Package users should treat this as the historical C/C++ PDF2Image tool, not the Python pdf2image wrapper around Poppler. Its runtime expectations center on Ghostscript and FreeType.
Why package nerds care
The package is a naming trap: Homebrew's pdf2image formula tracks the old Google Code/FlexPaper tool, while most contemporary search results point to the Python project. Correct curation prevents users and automated tooling from mixing two unrelated packages with different languages, dependencies, licenses, and CLIs.
Timeline
- 2011: PDF2Image 0.49 Windows and source downloads were published in the Google Code archive.
- 2012: PDF2Image 0.53 source and Windows executable downloads were published.
- 2015: Google Code archive metadata recorded the project as moved to https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2image.
Related projects
- The official archive says PDF2Image is based on XPDF and requires Ghostscript and FreeType. The GitHub repository identifies FlowPaper as the current maintainer/sponsor.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
pdf2image | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.53
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://code.google.com/p/pdf2image/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://code.google.com/p/pdf2image/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:pdf2image |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.53 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pdf2image |
| Homepage | https://code.google.com/p/pdf2image/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/flexpaper/pdf2image |
| Upstream docs | https://code.google.com/p/pdf2image |
| License | FSFUL |
| Source archive | https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/pdf2image/pdf2image-0.53-source.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | freetype, ghostscript |
| Build dependencies | libx11 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | pdf2image |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Conflicts With |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment