Open Source PDFMerge AlternativesPDF Editors and other similar apps like PDFMerge

The best open source alternative to PDFMerge is PDF Arranger. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PDFMerge and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDFMerge are PDFsam, PDFTK Builder, PDF4QT and PDF-Shuffler.

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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.

    73 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  2. PDFsam icon
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    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    148 PDFsam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. PDFTK Builder icon
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    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.

    91 PDFTK Builder alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  4. 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.

    106 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. PDF-Shuffler icon
     34 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Mergist icon
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    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.

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

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

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9.  3 likes

    PyPDF2 - A utility to read and write pdfs with Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. 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
     
  11. PDF Merge Tool is a simple, fast and easy tool for merging PDF files. It runs on the .NET framework v2 and uses the PDFSharp library.

    83 PDF Merge tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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