docx-from-pdf

A Python library and CLI for converting PDF files into editable DOCX documents.

docx-from-pdf uses PDFium for PDF parsing and rendering. It converts text, tables, images, vector paths, and section layout into DOCX output with permissive runtime dependencies.

This project uses PDFium through pypdfium2; it is not affiliated with PDFium, Chromium, or Google.

Install

Install from PyPI:

pip install docx-from-pdf

Install from source:

pip install git+https://github.com/michael-provision/docx-from-pdf.git

Install local development dependencies:

uv venv
uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Convert a PDF from Python:

from docx_from_pdf import Converter

converter = Converter("input.pdf")
converter.convert("output.docx")
converter.close()

Convert a PDF from the CLI:

docx-from-pdf convert input.pdf output.docx

Extract tables:

from docx_from_pdf import Converter

converter = Converter("input.pdf")
tables = converter.extract_tables()
converter.close()

Development

Run the test suite:

PYTHONPATH=. uv run --no-project --with-requirements requirements.txt --with pytest pytest -q test/test.py

Some visual-comparison tests render DOCX files through LibreOffice on non-Windows systems, so LibreOffice must be installed for the full suite.

License

MIT