A tool for extracting and processing PDF annotations.

This program allows you to extract annotations from PDF files and save them in a structured format. It features a user-friendly graphical interface and supports various annotation types.

• Extract PDF annotations
• User-friendly graphical interface
• Progress tracking
• Automatic page numbering detection
• Batch processing support
• Export to markdown text format

git clone https://github.com/EnginKarahan/pdf-annotation-extractor.git

cd pdf-annotation-extractor

pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install pdf-annotation-extractor

python main.py

Or use the pre-compiled executable from the releases section.

python pdf_utils.py input.pdf

• Python 3.x
• PyMuPDF
• tkinter (included in most Python distributions)

To create a standalone executable:

python -m PyInstaller --onefile --windowed main.py

This tool allows you to extract annotations from PDF files and export them to a markdown file. The program processes different types of annotations including highlights, underlines, and comments.

• Extract annotations from PDF files
• Process different annotation types (highlights, comments, underlines)
• Detect and use internal page numbers of the PDF
• Export annotations to markdown format
• Simple graphical user interface

1. Start the application
2. Click "Select PDF" to choose your PDF file
3. Click "Extract" to process the annotations (The markdown file will be saved in the same directory as the source PDF)

The exported markdown file contains:

• Document title
• Page numbers (as they appear in the PDF)
• Annotation text and comments
• Export date and time

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Engin Karahan - [email protected]

• PyMuPDF developers for their excellent PDF processing library
• All contributors and users of this project

If you encounter any problems or have suggestions, please open an issue.