Permanent decryption of a single PDF file using a password.
Main repository: https://git.disroot.org/daltux/qpdf-decode
- QPDF tool
- versions tested: 11.6.3, 8.0.2
- A POSIX-compliant Shell (
/bin/sh
)- tested on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu with:
dash
0.5.12, 0.5.8posh
0.14.1, 0.13.1busybox sh
1.36.1
- tested on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu with:
- For the graphic user interface (
qpdf-decode-gui
):- YAD
- tested on 0.40.0 from Debian, Xfce 4.18, GTK+ 3.24.38
- tested on 0.38.2 from Ubuntu 18.04
- YAD
Copyright © 2023 Daltux
This program is Free Software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- QPDF command-line tool used here for fast PDF decryption
- Neovim CLI text editor
- Geany IDE including a real-time Markdown preview plugin
- ShellCheck script static analysis tool
- Papirus SVG icon theme (GPLv3) providing elements mixed in
qpdf-decode-gui
icon - Inkscape SVG editor
- Debian GNU/Linux operating system