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img2pdf

brew install img2pdf v0.6.3_1 LGPL-3.0-or-later

Python tool to convert images to PDF with lossless JPEG embedding and minimal file size.

Why you might care

Preserves original JPEG data without re-encoding, resulting in smaller PDFs than ImageMagick or ghostscript. Useful for scanning workflows or batch image-to-PDF conversion where quality and file size matter. Handles rotation and multi-image documents.

Categories

conversion image-tool pdf-tool

Alternatives

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Runtime dependencies

pillow python@3.14 qpdf

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