alternative-pdf-combine
There are various tools in the npm that allow for combining pdf's this tool is limited to Mac & Linux but it
should work on macs out-of-the-box and on linux by using popplers
pdfunite`. This tool is by no means well
tested use on own risk!
As a command line tool
Install it using npm i alternative-pdf-combine -g
and then run
$ Usage: alternative-pdf-combine out.pdf in1.pdf ... inx.pdf
To enable a debug output you can set the environment variable DEBUG_ALTERNATIVE_PDF_COMBINE=true
.
As a JavaScript package
After installing the package with npm i alternative-pdf-combine
you can use it like this.
var combinePdfs =
Mac & PDF Unite
By default, on Mac, it will try to use mac's pdf combination. But it will use pdfunite
if installed on a mac since
its way faster and creates smaller files. You can install pdfunite on mac using homebrew: brew install poppler
If you wish to always use Mac's pdf combination solution set the environment variable:
ALTERNATIVE_PDF_COMBINE_OVERRIDE_PDFUNITE=true
Contribution
Contributions and improvements welcome!