GSView Alternatives

GSView is described as 'Use Ghostscript GSview to open PDF files with owner password restrictions. The Ghostscript-based PDF viewer disregards Adobe security settings. You can print a restricted PDF file, convert it to other formats, or extract text content and export it as plain text' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to GSView for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best GSView alternative is Ghostscript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GSView are Stellar Repair for PDF, QPDF, PDF Password Remover Tool and A-PDF Restrictions Remover.

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  1. Ghostscript icon
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    Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript® language and PDF files.

    8 Ghostscript alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Mac
     
    • Ghostscript is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GSView.

    • Ghostscript is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GSView.

    • Ghostscript is Free and Open SourceGSView is Free and Proprietary
    • Ghostscript is Privacy focusedGSView is not according to our users
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    Stellar Repair for PDF It is an effective Windows-based PDF repair software that can repair damaged PDF files. It restores forms, headers, footers, word art, clip art, page format, shapes, charts, and tables enclosed in the PDF files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Stellar Repair for PDF is the most popular commercial alternative to GSView.

    • Stellar Repair for PDF is Paid and ProprietaryGSView is Free and Proprietary
  3. QPDF icon
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    It could have been called something like pdf-to-pdf. It also provides many useful capabilities to developers of PDF-producing software or for people who just want to look at the innards of a PDF file to learn more about how they work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    PDF Password Remover tool is a simple tool that can be used to decrypt password protected PDF files which have their "owner" password set. PDF files with the owner password set would prevent viewers from editing, selecting text, printing and otherwise changing any of...

    27 PDF Password Remover Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    For 9.99 $ A-PDF Restrictions Remover is extremely easy to use. Just right click the PDF file in Windows Explorer, and in the context-sensitive menu that pops up, select either the "Remove Restrictions" or "Remove Restrictions & Save as..." option.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    If you are looking forward for a software, which helps you to remove protection from Adobe PDF file from those PDF file, which you are not able to copy, print images and content. Then grab now Birdie PDF Security Remover, it developed with advance features which will help you to...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Freeware PDF Unlocker is a simple and useful application for 32bit-Windows, that will remove the password and restrictions on any PDF file that you can read.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Recover PDF Password is a PDF password recovery tool by Eltima Software, which recovers passwords of PDF files if they were lost or forgotten. It can recover both user password, which prevents opening a PDF file and owner password, which protects information in PDF from being...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Locklizard Safeguard PDF Security provides total PDF DRM protection and control over your documents through a multi-layered protection mechanism that does not rely on passwords.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Locklizard Safeguard PDF Security is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to GSView.

    • Locklizard Safeguard PDF Security is Paid and ProprietaryGSView is Free and Proprietary
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    IGnissta PDF Lock Unlock Tool is a quick and easy to lock your personal PDF files with passwords and unlock PDF copy, print, edit securities, which offered you in free PDF unlocker demo version. Our efficient secured PDF unlock tool helps you to remove PDF restrictions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    PDF Password Recovery is the most powerful PDF cracker to recover lost or forgotten password of protected PDF files (*.pdf). Instantly unlock restricted PDF documents by removing the permissions password; Quickly search for the user/open password to your encrypted PDF file using...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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