Free Master PDF Editor AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like Master PDF Editor

The best free alternative to Master PDF Editor is PDF Arranger, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Master PDF Editor and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Master PDF Editor are PDF-XChange Editor, PDF24 Creator, PDFsam and PaperKnife.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon
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    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.

    78 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
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    It is essential and simple

    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourceMaster PDF Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PDF Arranger is Privacy focused and LightweightMaster PDF Editor is not according to our users
  2. Feature-rich PDF editor offering direct content editing, ABBYY OCR, viewing, annotation, form filling, PDF merging, compression, and encryption. Operates efficiently offline, requiring no registration and no ads, while providing privacy-focused features and convenient portability.

    169 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
     
  3. PDF24 Creator icon
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    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.

    196 PDF24 Creator alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. PDFsam icon
     231 likes

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

    152 PDFsam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. PaperKnife icon
     9 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.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Online
     
  6. Sejda icon
     39 likes

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

    159 Sejda alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Skim icon
     96 likes

    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    100 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  8. 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.

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. JOPDF icon
     6 likes

    JOPDF is a 100% free PDF editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Edit, compress, merge, convert and annotate PDFs with no watermark or signup required.

    51 JOPDF alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. KDAN PDF icon
     187 likes

    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    284 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. PDFedit icon
     24 likes

    Free (and open source) editor for manipulating PDF documents. GUI version + commandline interface. Scripting is used to a great extent in editor and almost anything can be scripted, it is possible to create own scripts or plugins.

    96 PDFedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. PdfDing icon
     6 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.

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    • Online
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
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