# Artifex Software

> Artifex Software builds open-source and commercially licensed document processing technology, including Ghostscript (PostScript/PDF interpreter), MuPDF (lightweight PDF SDK), PyMuPDF (Python bindings), and PyMuPDF4LLM (PDF-to-Markdown extraction for RAG and LLM pipelines). Founded in 1989, Artifex powers document workflows for over 40,000 customers and 1B+ deployments worldwide.

Artifex's core technology stack covers four product families:
- **PyMuPDF** family — Python-first PDF and document processing, including PyMuPDF4LLM (LLM/RAG-optimized extraction), PyMuPDF Pro (Office formats), and PyMuPDF Layout (GNN-based structural analysis).
- **MuPDF** family — fast, lightweight PDF rendering SDK with Core (C/C++), .NET, and JavaScript bindings.
- **Ghostscript** family — Page Description Language (PDL) conversion engine with .NET binding and an Enterprise edition that handles Microsoft Office formats.
- **SaaS APIs** — PDF.co for low-code PDF automation and DocRaptor for HTML-to-PDF conversion.

All open-source projects are AGPL-licensed with commercial licensing available for proprietary use.

## Products

- [Products overview](https://artifex.com/products): Full product catalog across all four families.
- [PyMuPDF](https://pymupdf.io/): High-performance Python library for PDF reading, extraction, and manipulation.
- [PyMuPDF4LLM](https://pymupdf.io/4llm): PDF-to-Markdown/JSON/text extraction purpose-built for LLM and RAG pipelines with CPU-only AI layout analysis using a Graph Neural Network on PDF structure (no image rendering required).
- [PyMuPDF Pro](https://pymupdf.io/pro): PyMuPDF plus Microsoft Office (DOC/DOCX, PPT/PPTX, XLS/XLSX) and Hangul (HWP/HWPX) support.
- [MuPDF](https://mupdf.com/): Core PDF rendering and manipulation SDK in C/C++.
- [MuPDF.NET](https://mupdfnet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): MuPDF for .NET applications, distributed via NuGet.
- [MuPDF.js](https://mupdfjs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): MuPDF for browser and Node.js environments.
- [MuPDF WebViewer](https://webviewer.mupdf.com): Embeddable browser-based PDF viewer built on the MuPDF engine. AI Ready. Embed in minutes.
- [Ghostscript](https://ghostscript.com/): PostScript and PDF interpreter with rendering engine and graphics library.
- [Ghostscript Enterprise](https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Ghostscript-Enterprise.html): Commercial Ghostscript that processes Microsoft Office documents.
- [PDF.co](https://pdf.co/): Low-code REST API for PDF conversion, editing, extraction, and parsing; integrates with n8n, Zapier, and Make.
- [DocRaptor](https://docraptor.com/): HTML-to-PDF conversion API powered by the Prince rendering engine.

## Documentation

- [PyMuPDF docs](https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/): Full API reference and guides for the Python library.
- [PyMuPDF4LLM docs](https://docs.pdf4llm.com/): Installation, quickstart, guides, and API reference for both Python and .NET.
- [MuPDF docs](https://mupdf.readthedocs.io/): Quick start guide and reference for the core C/C++ SDK.
- [MuPDF.NET docs](https://mupdfnet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): API reference for the .NET binding.
- [MuPDF.js docs](https://mupdfjs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): API reference for the JavaScript binding.
- [MuPDF WebViewer docs](https://webviewer-docs.mupdf.com): Guide and API for using WebViewer.
- [Ghostscript docs](https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Readme.html): Full documentation for the Ghostscript interpreter.
- [Developer hub](https://artifex.com/developers): Central landing page for developer resources across products.

## Package distributions

- [PyMuPDF on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/PyMuPDF/): `pip install PyMuPDF`
- [PyMuPDF4LLM on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pymupdf4llm/): `pip install pymupdf4llm`
- [PDF4LLM on NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/PDF4LLM/): .NET package for PDF4LLM.
- [MuPDF.js on NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mupdf): `npm i mupdf`
- [MuPDF WebViewer on NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mupdf-webviewer): `npm i mupdf-webviewer`
- [Ghostscript.NET on NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Ghostscript.NET): .NET binding for Ghostscript.
- [MuPDF releases](https://mupdf.com/releases): Source and binary releases of MuPDF.
- [Ghostscript releases](https://ghostscript.com/releases): Source and binary releases of Ghostscript.
- [Downloads](https://artifex.com/downloads): Centralized downloads page.

## Solutions

- [RAG/LLM solutions](https://artifex.com/solutions/llm): How Artifex tooling fits into retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.
- [Document Management](https://artifex.com/solutions/document-management): Document processing for enterprise content systems.
- [Document Rendering](https://artifex.com/solutions/document-rendering): High-fidelity rendering for viewers, printers, and apps.
- [PDF Toolkit](https://artifex.com/solutions/pdf-toolkit): General-purpose PDF manipulation use cases.
- [SaaS](https://artifex.com/solutions/saas): Embedding Artifex tech in SaaS products.
- [Automation](https://artifex.com/solutions/automation): Document workflow automation.
- [Printers and MFPs](https://artifex.com/solutions/printers): Embedded use in printing hardware.
- [RIP](https://artifex.com/solutions/rip): Raster Image Processor applications.
- [Cloud Computing](https://artifex.com/solutions/cloud): Cloud-deployed document processing.
- [Mobile](https://artifex.com/solutions/mobile): Mobile PDF rendering and manipulation.

## Licensing and company

- [Licensing](https://artifex.com/licensing): Commercial licensing options for AGPL-licensed products.
- [Contact](https://artifex.com/contact): Contact form for sales and support inquiries.
- [Support](https://artifex.com/support): Support resources and channels.
- [Legal](https://artifex.com/legal): Legal information and policies.
- [Privacy Policy](https://artifex.com/legal/privacy): Privacy policy.

## Optional

- [Blog](https://artifex.com/blog): Technical articles, tutorials, and product announcements.
- [Building a Multimodal LLM Application with PyMuPDF4LLM](https://artifex.com/blog/building-a-multimodal-llm-application-with-pymupdf4llm): Tutorial covering text extraction for LLM pipelines.
- [RAG/LLM and PDF: Conversion to Markdown with PyMuPDF](https://artifex.com/blog/rag-llm-and-pdf-conversion-to-markdown-text-with-pymupdf): Why markdown matters for RAG and how to produce it.
- [Building a RAG Chatbot GUI with the ChatGPT API and PyMuPDF](https://artifex.com/blog/building-a-rag-chatbot-gui-with-the-chatgpt-api-and-pymupdf): End-to-end RAG chatbot tutorial.
- [Extracting Text from Multi-Column Pages: A Practical PyMuPDF Guide](https://artifex.com/blog/extracting-text-from-multi-column-pages-a-practical-pymupdf-guide): Handling complex layouts.
- [SOC 2 Type II compliance announcement](https://artifex.com/blog/celebrating-our-achievement-achieving-soc-2-type-ii-compliance): Compliance milestone.
- [Community forum](https://forum.mupdf.com): MuPDF and PyMuPDF user forum.
- [Discord](https://pymupdf.pro/discord/4llm): PyMuPDF4LLM community Discord.
- [GitHub: PyMuPDF](https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF): Source repository for PyMuPDF.
- [GitHub: Artifex Software](https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware): Organization-level GitHub presence.