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postyou/contao-pdf-metadata
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Extends the contao file manager to clean up the metadata of PDF files for privacy reasons

2.0.1(1mo ago)014LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP ^8.0

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Contao PDF Metadata
===================

[](#contao-pdf-metadata)

Extends the contao file manager to clean up the metadata of PDF files for privacy reasons.

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The following two commands are executed in the prozess:

```
$ exiftool -all= -Author='' -tagsfromfile @ -title -keywords -subject -description file.pdf -o intermediate.pdf
$ qpdf --linearize intermediate.pdf file.pdf
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [ExifTool](https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool) installed on the system
- [QPDF](https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf) installed on the system

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

```
# config/config.yaml
contao_pdf_metadata:
    exiftool:

        # Path to the exiftool binary.
        path:                 /usr/bin/exiftool

        # Environment variables when running exiftool.
        env:

            # Prototype
            name:                 ~
    qpdf:

        # Path to the qpdf binary.
        path:                 /usr/bin/qpdf

        # Environment variables when running qpdf.
        env:

            # Prototype
            name:                 ~

    # Clean up the metadata of PDF files immediately after uploading.
    cleanup_on_upload:    false

    # Overwrites metadata fields in the cleaned PDF file.
    metadata:
        author:               ''
```

Console Command
---------------

[](#console-command)

To clean up the metadata of PDF files in the `files/` directory, you can use the following command:

```
$ vendor/bin/contao-console pdf-metadata:clean []
```

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~391 days

Total

4

Last Release

47d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02023-03-08

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

gdprexiftoolqpdf

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