The Best Open Source Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesTop PDF Readers & PDF Editors like Adobe Acrobat DC

The best open source alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is Stirling-PDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are BentoPDF, GImageReader, Sioyek and Paperwork.

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  1. Stirling-PDF icon
     54 likes

    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    91 Stirling-PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker Hub
     
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    Stirling-PDF vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    KimiBCN
    Negative
    0

    It lacks many features and has bugs. The PDF open button sometimes disappears.

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  2. BentoPDF icon
     13 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.

    68 BentoPDF alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. GImageReader icon
     74 likes

    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

    94 GImageReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    GImageReader vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    KimiBCN
    Negative
    1

    It's not an alternative to Acrobat Pro; it lacks many features.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Sioyek icon
     24 likes

    Sioyek is a PDF viewer with minimal interface optimized for reading research papers and technical books.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Sioyek vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    I love Sioyek because it has blazingly fast update time when a pdf modified. very suitable for latex with (n)vim/emacs user.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Sioyek is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Sioyek is LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  5. 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.

    53 PaperKnife alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Online
     
  6. Signature PDF icon
     9 likes

    Free open-source web software for signing (alone or with others), organizing (merge, sort, rotate, delete, extract pages, ...), editing metadatas or compressing PDFs.

    69 Signature PDF alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
     
  7. Papers icon
     12 likes

    A document viewer for the GNOME desktop. You can view, search or annotate documents in many different formats.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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    Papers vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    Shaz Shah
    Negative
    0

    It's not a PDF editor, but a really nice looking viewer/reader.

    • Papers is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Papers is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  8. PDFtk icon
     19 likes

    PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. It comes in three flavors: PDFtk Free, PDFtk Pro, and our original command-line tool PDFtk Server.

    47 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. OCRmyPDF icon
     15 likes

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    21 OCRmyPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. CopyFish icon
     19 likes

    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    81 CopyFish alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    CopyFish vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    Luis Lobo
    Positive
    0

    It only does OCR it is not a PDF editor.

    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Qpdf Tools icon
     2 likes

    Qpdf Tools is an easy-to-use Qt interface for Ghostscript and QPDF.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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