Pymupdf MCP server

by penny4nonsense·io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-pymupdf·v0.1.1

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MCP server for reading PDFs using PyMuPDF. Supports local files and URLs.

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Pymupdf tools (3)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

get_metadata
Retrieve metadata from a PDF without reading its full text.
get_page
Extract text from a specific page range of a PDF.
read_pdf
Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-26 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan4 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 96 days ago8/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 82/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

How Pymupdf compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 82/100; higher than 63% of 48,255 servers
Tools: 3; the typical server has 7
Tools that change things: 0%; typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Downloads a week: 12; more than 3% of 12,191 servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 3 read

Install Pymupdf in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add mcp-pymupdf -- uvx mcp-pymupdf

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What the publisher says

From the Pymupdf repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

mcp-pymupdf

An MCP server for reading PDFs using PyMuPDF. Supports local files and URLs.

Installation

pip install mcp-pymupdf

Tools

read_pdf

Extract text from a PDF file or URL.

{
  "source": "/path/to/file.pdf",
  "max_pages": 50,
  "max_bytes": 200000
}

get_page

Extract text from a specific page range.

{
  "source": "https://example.com/paper.pdf",
  "start_page": 3,
  "end_page": 8
}

get_metadata

Retrieve PDF metadata without reading full text.

{
  "source": "/path/to/file.pdf"
}

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf": {
      "command": "mcp-pymupdf"
    }
  }
}

Notes

Scanned or image-based PDFs cannot be read without OCR
Mathematical notation may render as plain text approximations
URLs are downloaded to a temp file and deleted after reading

License

MIT

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Pymupdf: common questions

Is Pymupdf MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (82/100). Read the Pymupdf safety report
How do I install Pymupdf?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does Pymupdf need an API key?: Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Pymupdf maintained?: The last commit was 135 days ago (2026-06-22). The latest release is v0.1.1.
How does Pymupdf compare with other MCP servers?: safety score 82/100 (higher than 63% of 48,255 servers); tools 3 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.