from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
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| Tool | Use case | Requires password? | Ease | |---|---:|---:|---:| | qpdf | Decrypt when password known | Yes | Easy | | pikepdf / PyPDF2 | Scripted decryption & PDF ops | Yes | Easy | | pdfcrack | Brute-force recovery | No (tries) | Moderate | | hashcat / John | GPU-accelerated cracking | No (after hash extraction) | Advanced | from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter All tools below