The Best Free Nitro PDF AlternativesTop PDF Editors & PDF Readers like Nitro PDF

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

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  1. PdfCraft icon
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    Read, organize, combine, split and secure PDFs in a fast, native app written in Rust from the ground up. No account, no telemetry, no cloud.

    83 PdfCraft alternatives

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  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.

    204 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  3. PDF24 Creator icon
     156 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.

    229 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. PDFsam icon
     235 likes

    Free, open-source desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux that processes PDFs locally. Merge page ranges, split by page, size or bookmarks, extract or insert pages, rotate files in batches, and interleave documents without uploads, accounts or watermarks.

    164 PDFsam alternatives

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    • Since 2006

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. 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...

    175 Master PDF Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  6. PaperKnife icon
     12 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.

    87 PaperKnife alternatives

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    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  7. Sejda icon
     40 likes

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

    199 Sejda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. 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.

    306 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  9. Skim icon
     98 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.

    117 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. JOPDF icon
     7 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.

    69 JOPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. PDF4QT icon
     14 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer and editor using Qt framework, featuring hardware-accelerated rendering, encryption, multithreading, text-to-speech, annotation tools, form filling, high-res monitor support, document compression, audio book conversion, and signature validation.

    136 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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