PyMuPDF-1.26.0 released

[julian-smith-artifex-com]

PyMuPDF-1.26.0 has been released.

Wheels for Windows, Linux and MacOS, and the sdist, are available on pypi.org and can be installed in the usual way, for example:

python -m pip install --upgrade pymupdf

[Linux-aarch64 wheels will be built and uploaded later.]

Changes in version 1.26.0 (2025-05-22)

• Use MuPDF-1.26.1.

• Fixed issues:

  • Fixed cluster_drawings() fails to cluster horizontal and vertical thin lines #4324
  • Fixed Trouble with searching #4363
  • Fixed IndexError in page.get_links() #4404
  • Fixed Regression? Spurious error? in insert_pdf in v1.25.4 #4412
  • Fixed pymupdf.mupdf.FzErrorFormat: code=7: cannot find object in xref error encountered after version 1.25.3 #4423
  • Fixed get_pixmap method stuck on one page #4435
  • Fixed New Xml class from data does not work - bug in code #4439
  • Fixed Broken XREF table incorrectly repaired #4445
  • Fixed Stroke color of annotations cannot be correctly set #4447
  • Fixed set_layer_ui_config() toggles all layers rather than just one #4479
  • Fixed Follow Widget flag values up its parent structure #4505

• Other:

  • Partial fixed for Wrong characters displayed after font subsetting (w/ native method) #4457.
  • Support image stamp annotations.
  • Support recoloring pages.
  • Added example of using Django's file storage API to open files with pymupdf.
  • Clarified FreeText annotation color options.
    We now raise an exception if an attempt is made to set attributes that can not be supported.
  • Fixed potential segv in Pixmap.is_unicolor().
  • Added runtime assert that that PyMuPDF and MuPDF were built with compatible
    NDEBUG settings (related to 4390 <https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/issues/4390>_).
  • Simplified handling of filename/filetype when opening documents.

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This discussion was created from the release PyMuPDF-1.26.0 released.

[julian-smith-artifex-com]

Linux-aarch64 wheels are now available; install in the usual way with pip.