PyCropPDF

A small PDF cropping tool that lets you see all pages overlaid while cropping - for removing headers, footers, and margins from multiple pages at once. Built in pure Python with no system dependencies required.

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Features

• Visual Overlay Cropping: See all pages overlaid while selecting crop boundaries, making it easy to avoid cutting off content
• Batch Processing: Crop all pages, or all odd/even pages at once with a single selection
• Preview: Semi-transparent overlay shows content boundaries across all pages
• Page Management: Remove unwanted pages
• No System Dependencies: Pure Python implementation using PyQt6 and PyMuPDF

Common Use Cases

• Remove headers and footers from documents
• Trim excess margins for better reading experience
• Clean up PDFs before OCR processing
• Standardize page dimensions across documents
• Remove watermarks or unwanted margins

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/lukaszliniewicz/PyCropPDF

In the PyCropPDF directory execute:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Make sure that GIT and Python are installed on your system and in PATH.