Open Source PDF Merge tool Alternatives

The best open source alternative to PDF Merge tool is PDF Arranger. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PDF Merge tool and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDF Merge tool are PDFsam, Signature PDF, PDF-Shuffler and PDF Chain.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon
     103 likes

    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.

    71 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to PDF Merge tool.

    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PDF Merge tool.

    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourcePDF Merge tool is also Free and Open Source
    • PDF Arranger is Privacy focused and LightweightPDF Merge tool is not according to our users
  2. PDFsam icon
     224 likes

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

    146 PDFsam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Most users think PDFsam is a great PDF Merge tool alternative.

    • PDFsam is the most popular Mac alternative to PDF Merge tool.

    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourcePDF Merge tool is Free and Open Source
    • PDFsam is LightweightPDF Merge tool is not according to our users
  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.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
     
    • Signature PDF is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PDF Merge tool.

    • Signature PDF is Free and Open SourcePDF Merge tool is also Free and Open Source
    • Signature PDF is LightweightPDF Merge tool is not according to our users
  4. PDF-Shuffler icon
     34 likes

    Merge, split, rotate, crop and rearrange pdf documents and their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

    90 PDF-Shuffler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. PDF Chain icon
     14 likes

    PDF Chain is a graphical user interface for PDFtk. The GUI supports all common features of the command line tool in a comfortable way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. PDFtk icon
     18 likes

    PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. It comes in three flavors: PDFtk Free, PDFtk Pro, and our original command-line tool PDFtk Server.

    46 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Karp icon
     1 like

    Karp - gives simple UI for PDF files modification. With a few mouse strokes user can:

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  8. Mergist icon
     1 like

    Mergist is an online tool to combine multiple PDF files into one. Mergist has no ads, no file size limits, and your files never leave your device.

    14 Mergist alternatives

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    • Online
     
  9. jPdf Tweak icon
     16 likes

    jPDF Tweak is a Swiss Army Knife GUI application for PDF documents: combine, split, rotate, reorder (n-up, booklet), watermark, edit bookmarks/fileinfo/pagetransition, compress, encrypt, decrypt, sign, repair, edit attachments and more.

    73 jPdf Tweak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. qvPDF icon
     19 likes

    qvPDF is a PDF creator for Windows, but you can also merge & split. Its implemented as printer driver and uses plugins to execute different actions after creating the PDF. Processing parameters can be written directly into the printed document like: @|mapi.mailto=me@you.

    105 qvPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Quick PDF Join is a cross-platform, simple application that joins multiple PDF files together.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. PDFMerge icon
     4 likes

    PDF Split and Merge tool is implemented using the PdfSharp library and is either GUI or command driven.It is useful for automated document creation.It allows bookmarks from the input pdfs to be imported and flexibly embedded in the destination document.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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