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Stirling-PDF
Stirling-PDF is a self-hosted PDF toolset replacing Adobe Acrobat and iLovePDF for local page assembly, OCR text extraction, and private file conversion.
95.6kLinuxmacOSWindowstoday
LGPL-3.0PDF Editors & Tools
PDF.js
PDF.js is an open-source library that replaces Adobe Acrobat for web viewing, rendering PDF files in HTML5 Canvas with zero backend server overhead.
54.1kWebLinuxmacOS1d ago
Apache-2.0PDF Editors & Tools
pdfcpu
pdfcpu is an open-source CLI and Go library for merging, splitting, and securing PDFs locally, replacing desktop suites like Nitro PDF Pro in CI pipelines.
8.9kLinuxmacOSWindows1d ago
Apache-2.0PDF Editors & Tools
PDF Arranger
Merge, split, rotate, crop, and rearrange PDF pages locally with PDF Arranger, a private desktop alternative to iLovePDF.
6.0kLinuxWindows3d ago
GPL-3.0PDF Editors & Tools
PDFsam Basic
PDFsam Basic is an open-source desktop tool to merge, split, and rotate PDFs locally, replacing cloud services like iLovePDF without file size caps.
4.7kLinuxmacOSWindowstoday
AGPL-3.0PDF Editors & Tools
Okular
Okular is an open-source document viewer replacing proprietary PDF readers with multi-format support, local annotations, and custom memory caching.
1.6kLinuxmacOSWindows2d ago
GPL-2.0PDF Editors & Tools
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OpenIDE
Free IDE for Java, Kotlin, Go, TypeScript and Python. Built on IntelliJ Community, fully open source, 300+ plugins.
PDF Tricks
PDF Tricks is a lightweight Linux utility for merging, splitting, and compressing PDFs locally with Ghostscript, avoiding cloud uploads and usage quotas.
129Linux3mo ago
GPL-3.0PDF Editors & Tools
unlockR
A private desktop tool for Linux and Windows that replaces iLovePDF by decrypting password-protected PDF files locally without cloud uploads.
28Linux7mo ago
GPL-3.0PDF Editors & Tools
Qpdf Tools
Qpdf Tools is an offline Linux desktop utility to merge, split, compress, and rotate PDFs locally without uploading files to services like iLovePDF.
26Linux10mo ago
UnlicensePDF Editors & Tools