qpdf/qpdfGitHub
A powerful command-line transformer for encryption, linearization, and structural operations, ideal for scripting.
qpdf: A content-preserving PDF document transformer
- 5.3k
- C++
- Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
wmjordan/PDFPatcher Alternatives
PDF processing and manipulation
PDFPatcher is a Windows desktop PDF toolbox for editing bookmarks, merging/splitting documents, converting pages to images, and various PDF structural modifications.
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Older generation, or narrower
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
limingjie/pdf_to_imageGitHub
A lightweight standalone converter when you only need PDF pages to images.
Convert PDF to images
- 115
- C++
- none
dormant9.6y ago
hellerbarde/staplerGitHub
A minimal CLI for merge/split/rotate via Python, for quick page-level operations.
A small utility making use of the pypdf library to provide a (somewhat) lighter alternative to pdftk
- 295
- Python
- NOASSERTION
dormant3.3y ago
abarker/pdfCropMarginsGitHub
A specialized tool when your only need is to crop PDF margins, without extra features.
pdfCropMargins -- a program to crop the margins of PDF files
- 475
- Python
- NOASSERTION
slowing1.5y ago
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These projects were analysed and named PDFPatcher among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how PDFPatcher rates them is a separate judgement, made when PDFPatcher is analysed in its own right.
Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDFGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “a Windows desktop PDF toolbox, choose it for deep bookmark and metadata editing.”
#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
90.0kJavaactive
alam00000/bentopdfGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “Desktop GUI PDF toolbox for bookmarks, cropping, and page manipulation; choose it for a native Windows-oriented utility rather than a browser app.”
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
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foliojs/pdfkitGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “A PDF editing application (PDF toolbox), not a generation API.”
A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser
10.7kJavaScriptactive
pymupdf/PyMuPDFGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “Choose for a Windows GUI utility for editing PDF bookmarks, cropping, splitting, and extracting images, if you need an interactive tool rather than a code library.”
PyMuPDF is a high performance Python library for data extraction, analysis, conversion & manipulation of PDF (and other) documents.
10.5kPythonactive
pdfcpu/pdfcpuGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “choose when you want a Windows desktop GUI for bookmark editing and page manipulation.”
PDF tooling for Go and the command line.
8.8kGoactive
PDFCraftTool/pdfcraftGitHub
calls PDFPatcher “Windows PDF toolbox GUI for bookmarks, pages, extraction; choose for a feature-rich desktop PDF utility.”
PDFCraft is a free, privacy-focused PDF toolkit that runs entirely in your browser. With 90+ professional tools, you can edit, convert, merge, split, and secure your PDF files without ever uploading them to a server.
8.3kTypeScriptactive