mupdf
brew install mupdfLightweight PDF and XPS viewer
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mupdf.json
Formula code: mupdf.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.28.6 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| brotli | 1.2.1 | Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google |
| freetype | 2.15.0 | Software library to render fonts |
| gumbo-parser | 0.14.1 | C99 library for parsing HTML5 |
| harfbuzz | 15.0.0 | OpenType text shaping engine |
| jbig2dec | 0.20 | JBIG2 decoder and library (for monochrome documents) |
| jpeg-turbo | 3.2.1 | JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression |
| leptonica | 1.87.0 | Image processing and image analysis library |
| openjpeg | 2.5.4 | Library for JPEG-2000 image manipulation |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| tesseract | 5.5.4 | OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine |
| libarchive | 3.8.11 | Multi-format archive and compression library |
Depends on when building from source:
| llvm@21 | 21.1.8 | Next-gen compiler infrastructure |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| swig | 4.5.1 | Generate scripting interfaces to C/C++ code |
Conflicts with: mupdf-tools (because both install the same binaries)
Binaries:
mudraw,
mupdf-gl,
mupdf-x11,
mutool
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 18,880 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 367,544 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,000 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 9.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-02T00:44:59Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-03 to 2026-11-02. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 1,988 | 5,172 | 16,660 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| Installs on Request | 1,449 | 3,644 | 12,024 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| Build Errors | 19 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 6 |