PDF Modifier MCP Server

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PDF Modifier runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 164 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.

Modify PDF text, replace with regex, and analyze layout while preserving fonts.

Installs per day peak 333 · avg 45 · -13% w/w

a month agotoday

164

Installs / week

pypi · pdf-modifier-mcp

Stars

45 open issues

6 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PDF Modifier every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pdf-modifier-mcp -- uvx pdf-modifier-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-modifier-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-modifier-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pdf-modifier-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pdf-modifier-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdf-modifier-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-modifier-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pdf-modifier-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf-modifier-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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PDF Modifier — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for PDF Modifier?

PDF Modifier runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package pdf-modifier-mcp was installed 164 times last week.

How do I connect PDF Modifier?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls pdf-modifier-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use PDF Modifier?

The pypi package pdf-modifier-mcp was installed 164 times in the last week. Week over week that is -13%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is PDF Modifier open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 3 stars on GitHub and 45 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.