Open Source iLovePDF Alternatives

The best open source alternative to iLovePDF is Stirling-PDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iLovePDF and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to iLovePDF are BentoPDF, PDFCreator, Signature PDF and PDF Toolkit: Edit, Merge, Sign.

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iLovePDF alternatives are mainly PDF Editors, but if you're looking for PDF Readers or E-signature Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to iLovePDF.
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  1. BentoPDF icon
     16 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.

    74 BentoPDF alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. 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.

    113 PDFCreator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    74 Signature PDF alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
     
  4. LuxPDF icon
     3 likes

    Offers more than 15 free, open-source web-based PDF tools for editing, conversion, merging, splitting, compressing, metadata removal, and password removal, with all client-side processing, no ads, no file size or batch limits, and no registration required.

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Qpdf Tools icon
     2 likes

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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. ZapPDF icon
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    ZapPDF is the ultimate privacy-first PDF utility. Whether you are dealing with sensitive financial documents, legal forms, or heavy study materials, ZapPDF gives you the power to manage them instantly—without ever uploading your private files to a random cloud server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. CubePDF Utility allows you to intuitively perform editing tasks such as merging, extracting, splitting, deleting, reordering, and rotating PDF pages via thumbnails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. pdfly icon
     1 like

    pdfly (say: PDF-li) is a pure-python CLI application for manipulating PDF files.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  9. KillerPDF icon
     1 like

    Portable PDF editor for field techs. View, annotate, merge, split, edit text, draw, sign, and print without an Adobe subscription or a phone-home. Single Windows EXE, ~6 MB zipped, no runtime install required.

    51 KillerPDF alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. DocDocGoose icon
     2 likes

    Edit documents directly in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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