# Install pymupdf with Homebrew, apt

Python bindings for the PDF toolkit and renderer MuPDF. Version 1.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install python3-fitz.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pymupdf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pymupdf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install python3-fitz
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-fitz from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pymupdf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.28.0
- **Source summary:** Python bindings for the PDF toolkit and renderer MuPDF
- **Homepage:** <https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T12:44:48Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pymupdf (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.28.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-fitz - 1.25.4+ds1-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-fitz from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python binding for MuPDF (forward compatibility name) | https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF
- Debian apt - python3-pymupdf - 1.25.4+ds1-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pymupdf from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python binding for MuPDF | https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF
- Ubuntu apt - python3-fitz - 1.23.7+ds1-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fitz from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python binding for MuPDF | https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pymupdf.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pymupdf.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph