https://github.com/gsudiro/pdf_merger_compressor

This program merge and compress PDF files
https://github.com/gsudiro/pdf_merger_compressor

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This program merge and compress PDF files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gsudiro/pdf_merger_compressor
• Owner: gsudiro
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-10-17T18:17:50.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-13T18:33:57.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-13T19:27:35.539Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: merger, pdf, pdf-converter
• Language: HTML
• Homepage:
• Size: 149 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PDF Merger and Compressor

## Overview

This Python application provides a user-friendly graphical interface for merging multiple PDF files into a single document and compressing the resulting PDF to reduce file size. Built with `tkinter` for the GUI and `PyPDF2` for PDF operations, the program allows users to easily select their PDF files and perform the merging and compression in a responsive manner using multithreading.

## Screenshot

![PDF Merger and Compressor Interface](./img/pdf_merger.png)

## Features

- **Select Multiple PDFs**: Easily choose multiple PDF files from your local filesystem.

- **Merge PDFs**: Combine selected PDFs into one merged PDF document.

- **Compress Output**: Generate a compressed version of the merged PDF using Ghostscript.

- **Cross-Platform**: Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS (with Ghostscript installed).

## Requirements

- Python 3.x

- `PyPDF2`: For PDF merging functionalities.

- Ghostscript: Required for PDF compression (must be installed separately).

- `tkinter`: Included with standard Python installations for creating the GUI.

## Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   ```bash

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pdf-merger-compressor.git

   ```

2. Create the virtual environemnt folder

   ```bash

   python3 -m venv .venv

   ```

3. Activate the environment ('deactivate' to exit)

   ```bash

   source .venv/Scripts/activate 

   ```

4. Install the required libraries

   ```bash

   pip install -r requirements.txt

   ```

5. Run the application using:

   ```bash 

   python pdfMerger.py

   ```