alam00000/bentopdf
a full-featured self-hosted PDF toolkit, choose it when you prefer an AGPL-licensed alternative to Stirling.
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
- 14.7k
- JavaScript
- AGPL-3.0
active1d ago
Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF alternatives
PDF manipulation toolkit
Stirling-PDF is a self-hosted web/desktop platform with 50+ tools for editing, converting, and automating PDFs.
Drop-in peers
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft
a client-side browser toolkit, choose it when you need PDF tools without any server upload.
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.
- 8.3k
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
active23d ago
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.
24eme/signaturepdf
a narrow web app for signing and basic page ops, choose it when that's all you need.
Free open-source web software for signing PDF (alone or with others) and also organize pages, edit metadata and compress pdf
- 825
- JavaScript
- AGPL-3.0
active20d ago
Swati4star/Images-to-PDF
a simple Android app for image-to-PDF conversion, choose it for mobile-only conversion.
An app to convert images to PDF file!
- 1.3k
- Java
- GPL-3.0
slowing8mo ago
mrmn2/PdfDing
a lighter self-hosted PDF manager/editor, choose it when you want a simpler interface with basic editing.
Selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices.
- 1.9k
- Python
- AGPL-3.0
active2d ago
jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown
a narrow PDF-to-Markdown converter, choose it for that single conversion task.
A PDF to Markdown converter
- 1.7k
- JavaScript
- MIT
active6mo ago
ShizukuIchi/pdf-editor
a narrow offline browser PDF editor, choose it for quick annotations without a server.
Offline PDF editor. Add images, signatures, text to PDF in your browser. 🚀
- 1.9k
- JavaScript
- MIT
dormant2.5y ago
MarkPDFdown/markpdfdown
a narrow LLM-based PDF-to-Markdown converter, choose it for high-quality conversion.
A high-quality PDF to Markdown tool based on large language model visual recognition. 一款基于大模型视觉识别的高质量PDF转Markdown工具
- 2.2k
- Python
- Apache-2.0
slowing7mo ago
End-user tools
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors
a full office suite with PDF editing, choose it when you need documents and spreadsheets alongside PDFs.
Open-source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS
- 5.3k
- AGPL-3.0
active3mo ago
DDULDDUCK/every-pdf
a cross-platform desktop PDF toolkit, choose it when you prefer a native app over a self-hosted web service.
✍️ A powerful, all-in-one desktop PDF toolkit to edit, convert, merge, and secure your documents. Built with Electron, Next.js, and Python.
- 1.2k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active3mo ago
JakubMelka/PDF4QT
a native desktop PDF editor, choose it when you need high-performance desktop rendering.
Open source PDF editor.
- 1.5k
- C++
- MIT
active7d ago
wmjordan/PDFPatcher
a Windows desktop PDF toolbox, choose it for deep bookmark and metadata editing.
PDF补丁丁——PDF工具箱，可以编辑书签、剪裁旋转页面、解除限制、提取或合并文档，探查文档结构，提取图片、转成图片等等
- 12.6k
- C#
- none
active4d ago
SteveTheKiller/KillerPDF
a Windows desktop PDF editor, choose it for a native GUI without a server.
Free and open-source PDF editor for Windows. View, annotate, OCR, merge, split, edit text, draw, sign, fill forms, print, flatten, and open password-protected PDFs without a subscription. Install or run portable. GPLv3
- 3.6k
- C#
- GPL-3.0
active1d ago
Listed as an alternative to
These projects were analysed and named Stirling-PDF among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how Stirling-PDF rates them is a separate judgement, made when Stirling-PDF is analysed in its own right.
alam00000/bentopdf
calls Stirling-PDF “Server-side Java PDF web app; choose it if you need a self-hosted PDF tool that works on any device without relying on browser WASM processing.”
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
14.7kJavaScriptactive
SteveTheKiller/KillerPDF
calls Stirling-PDF “Self-hostable web app works across devices, but requires running a server.”
Free and open-source PDF editor for Windows. View, annotate, OCR, merge, split, edit text, draw, sign, fill forms, print, flatten, and open password-protected PDFs without a subscription. Install or run portable. GPLv3
3.6kC#active
run-llama/liteparse
calls Stirling-PDF “Web-based PDF editor/manager; choose it for browser-based PDF manipulation.”
A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser
12.2kRustactive