Free PDF Editors

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  1. PDF Arranger icon
     114 likes

    Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    Export selection only. Export each selected page to a file. Export all pages to files.
    Edit properties
    Edit properties. Ubuntu.
    +4
    Crop selected pages
    73 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent27 reviews
  2. Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    LibreOffice - Draw screenshot 1
    LibreOffice - Draw screenshot 1
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    100 alternatives
  3. An efficient PDF viewer and editor with advanced features like direct content editing, OCR by ABBYY, form filling, annotation, and offline access.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Version 10 (2024)
    Viewing PDFs
    Commenting and Annotations
    +3
    Editing PDF files
    153 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good40 reviews
  4. PDFgear icon
     61 likes

    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    PDFgear screenshot 1
    Edit PDF
    Annotate PDF
    +2
    Convert PDF
    56 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good15 reviews
  5. PDFsam icon
     228 likes

    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PDFsam screenshot 1
    PDFsam screenshot 1
    PDFsam screenshot 2
    +5
    PDFsam screenshot 3
    148 alternatives
    3.5
    Good15 reviews
  6. PDF24 Creator icon
     148 likes

    PDF24 Creator is free and feature-filled PDF creation, merging and conversion tool for Windows. Its unique feature among the free PDF printer tools is an editor, which allows to easily assemble, create and modify PDF files with Drag & Drop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window
    PDF Creator window
    PDF printer assistant
    180 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent23 reviews
  7. BentoPDF icon
     14 likes

    BentoPDF is a PDF Toolkit that works fully offline with no sign ups. It's fast, secure and forever free. In an era where data is a commodity, we take a different approach. All processing for BentoPDF tools happens locally in your browser.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    BentoPDF screenshot 1
    BentoPDF screenshot 1
    BentoPDF screenshot 2
    72 alternatives
  8. PDFCreator icon
     262 likes

    PDFCreator is a virtual PDF printer that converts any printable document into a PDF file. It works with all Windows applications, including Word, Excel, browsers, and design tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDFCreator 6.2.1 interface
    PDFCreator 6.2.1 interface
    PDFCreator 6.2.1 interface
    +9
    PDFCreator 6.2.1 interface
    110 alternatives
    2.3
    Poor10 reviews
  9. Master PDF Editor is complete solution for editing PDF and XPS files. You can insert, edit, remove, copy, add images or graphics. Export, import, remove and change page layouts. Also Master PDF Editor provides full functionality for changing PDF information, including author...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Master PDF Editor screenshot 1
    Master PDF Editor screenshot 1
    Master PDF Editor screenshot 2
    138 alternatives
    3.2
    Fair18 reviews
  10. Sejda icon
     36 likes

    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Sejda screenshot 1
    Sejda screenshot 1
    Sejda screenshot 2
    +2
    Sejda screenshot 3
    143 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good12 reviews
  11. PaperKnife icon
     6 likes

    Privacy-first PDF utility (Zero-Server Architecture). Merge, split, compress, and edit PDFs 100% locally on your device. No uploads, no servers, no tracking.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Online
    PaperKnife screenshot 1
    PaperKnife screenshot 1
    54 alternatives
  12. Smallpdf icon
     58 likes

    Smallpdf is the first PDF Software you will actually like. The perfect gateway to productive, portable and cost-efficient document management solutions in your everyday life.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    Desktop app home
    Smallpdf Desktop App
    Smallpdf Homepage
    +1
    Smallpdf screenshot 3
    187 alternatives
  13. PDFTK Builder icon
     64 likes

    PDFTK Builder is a free graphical interface to for PDFtk, making it much easier to use. It is a easy to use tool to collate (merge), split, encrypt, decrypt, stamp and rotate (only 90°, 180° or 270°) pdf documents.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDFTK Builder screenshot 1
    PDFTK Builder screenshot 1
    91 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair7 reviews
  14. KDAN PDF icon
     185 likes

    All-in-one tool for editing, OCR, annotating, signing, converting, and redacting PDFs, featuring AI-powered document analysis and cross-device workflow support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Your All-in-One PDF Editor
    Edit texts, images, and links on PDFs
    Summarize, analyze, and extract information with AI
    +7
    Convert PDFs to different formats, online or offline
    267 alternatives
  15. Drawboard PDF icon
     15 likes

    The top AEC PDF app to markup and manage drawings and documents. Ideal for replacing pen and paper, avoid printing documents again by using our intuitive feature set that makes marking up a PDF easy. Open or create a new PDF, markup using our extensive array of tools, then save...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    Drawboard PDF screenshot 1
    Drawboard PDF screenshot 1
    Drawboard PDF screenshot 2
    +7
    Drawboard PDF screenshot 3
    62 alternatives
  16. PdfDing icon
     4 likes

    PdfDing is a browser based PDF manager, viewer and editor that you can host yourself. It offers a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    PdfDing screenshot 1
    51 alternatives
  17. PDF4QT icon
     8 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer/editor using Qt framework with C++ library, multithreading, hardware rendering, encryption, text layout, and form tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    PDF4QT screenshot 1
    PDF4QT screenshot 1
    106 alternatives
  18. LiquidText icon
     12 likes

    LiquidText offers a fast, natural way to review, gather, and organize information across all your docs: then apply the results to writing reports or simply studying. Pull out key facts and connect them together

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
    LiquidText screenshot 1
    LiquidText screenshot 1
    LiquidText screenshot 2
    +1
    LiquidText screenshot 3
    16 alternatives
  19. Squid icon
     20 likes

    Take handwritten notes naturally on your Android tablet, phone, or Chromebook supporting Android apps! With Squid you can write just like you would on paper using an active pen, passive stylus, or your finger.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
    Squid screenshot 1
    Squid screenshot 1
    Squid screenshot 2
    +4
    Squid screenshot 3
    25 alternatives
  20. UPDF icon
     4 likes

    UPDF is a PDF editor offering a variety of features such as editing, annotating, converting, protecting, and organizing PDFs. It allows users to modify text and images, apply annotations like highlighter, underline, sticky notes, and links.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Edit PDF
    Convert PDF
    AI chat PDF
    +5
    Annotate PDF
    77 alternatives
  21. PDFill icon
     39 likes

    With PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
    Rotate PDF Pages, but only 90, 180 or 270°
    Split or Reorder PDF
    168 alternatives