🧰 I ♥ PDF Toolkit

A colorful, beginner-friendly PDF and image utility desktop app built using Python and Tkinter. It includes essential tools like image compression, PDF merging, OCR text extraction, language switching, night mode, and drag-and-drop support — all in a single desktop application.

🚀 Features

🖼️ Image Tools

• 📉 Compress JPGs (single & batch)
• 🖊 Add Text to Images
• 🌈 Convert PNG to JPG
• 🧾 Convert Images to PDF

📄 PDF Tools

• 📂 Merge JPGs into a single PDF
• 📂 Merge multiple PDF files
• 🗜 Compress PDF files
• 🔍 OCR Text Extraction from PDFs (using Tesseract)

🧩 Extras

• 🌗 Night Mode toggle
• 🌐 Language Switcher (Kazakh, Russian, English)
• 🖱️ Drag & Drop support for files
• 📝 Action Logging
• 🎨 Clean, colorful GUI layout

🛠 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Star1ord/pdf-toolkit.git
cd pdf-toolkit

2. Create a Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

3. Install Required Packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

🔍 Tesseract OCR Setup

Windows

1. Download from the official repo: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases
2. Install and note the path (e.g., C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe)
3. Add to PATH or create .env file:

   TESSERACT_PATH=C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe

macOS

brew install tesseract

Linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr

▶️ Running the App

python main.py

📁 Project Structure

pdf-toolkit/
├── handlers/
│ ├── init.py
│ ├── add_text_to_image.py
│ ├── compress_jpg.py
│ ├── compress_pdf.py
│ ├── convert_png_to_jpg.py
│ ├── extract_text_from_pdf.py
│ ├── image_to_pdf.py
│ ├── merge_jpgs.py
│ ├── merge_pdfs.py
├── main.py           # Application entry point
├── ui.py            # UI components
├── utils.py         # Utility functions
├── theme.py         # Theme management
├── config.py        # Configuration
├── .env            # Environment variables
├── action_log.txt  # Activity logging(appears after completing one of the features)
├── requirements.txt # Dependencies
└── README.md       # Documentation

🧪 Tested With

✅ Python 3.10+

✅ Windows 10/11

⚠️ macOS / Linux (functional, but drag-and-drop may vary)

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

🙌 Acknowledgements

• pytesseract
• Pillow (PIL)
• TkinterDnD2
• ChatGPT for assistance
• Inspired by ILovePDF

🧭 Future Plans

• 🔐 PDF password protection
• 📥 Save/load task presets
• 🔄 Reordering PDF pages
• 🔧 Adjustable compression settings

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

💬 Contact

Made with 💙 by Star1ord
Feel free to reach out via GitHub or email if you have suggestions or improvements!