Free Nitro PDF Alternatives for Linux

Nitro PDF is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best free Linux alternative is PDFsam, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Nitro PDF and 11 are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to Nitro PDF are Master PDF Editor, Sejda, PDFedit and PDF4QT.

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Nitro PDF alternatives are mainly PDF Editors, but if you're looking for PDF Readers or Text to Speech Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Free, Android, Mac, Windows + Free and Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Nitro PDF .
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  1. PDFsam icon
     227 likes

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

    148 PDFsam alternatives

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    PDFsam vs Nitro PDF Comments
    Cristiano Canguçu
    Positive
    0

    Not a complete PDF editing suite like Nitro PDF

    Guest
    Negative
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    It lacks a lot of functionalities and is definitely not as user friendly.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -3

    it doesn't work at all, seems useless app.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourceNitro PDF is Paid and Proprietary
    • PDFsam is LightweightNitro PDF is not according to our users
  2. 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...

    138 Master PDF Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. Sejda icon
     35 likes

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

    142 Sejda alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. 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.

    95 PDFedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. PDF4QT icon
     8 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. PoDoFoBrowser icon
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    PoDoFoBrowser is a graphical browser and editor for the object structure of PDF files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. PdfIt icon
     3 likes

    The Pdf It! extension is designed for FireFox and runs on any platform: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The Pdf It! menu item will be installed at Browser-->Tools menu as well as context menu

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  8. The PDF Import Extension allows you to import and modify PDF documents. Best results with 100% layout accuracy can be achieved with the "PDF/ODF hybrid file" format, which this extension also enables.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Apache OpenOffice Draw
     
  9. This desktop app reads and writes PDF documents. It was created for a small copy shop in Germany. Features of this application are:

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. RevPDF icon
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    Professional PDF tools without the cloud. 100% offline, native performance, and zero data collection. Your documents stay where they belong: on your device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. PortableSigner is a signing (with X.509 certificates) program for PDF files. It's platform independent and runs (tested) under Windows (2000, XP, ...), Linux, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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