Open Source PDF-XChange Editor AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like PDF-XChange Editor

The best open source alternative to PDF-XChange Editor is PDF Arranger. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor are PDFsam, PDFCreator, ScanTailor Advanced and Skim.

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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.

    70 PDF Arranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to PDF-XChange Editor.

    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PDF-XChange Editor.

    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourcePDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. PDFsam icon
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    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    144 PDFsam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    PDFsam can't edit PDF files, i.e. change the content of a page in a PDF file

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    The premium, paid version of pdfsam can edit pdf

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    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourcePDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. PDFCreator icon
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    PDFCreator allows you to convert any document into a PDF by acting as a virtual printer. It offers features like merging, digital signatures, password protection, and automation for efficient workflows. Its user-friendly settings help you optimize your PDFs easily.

    100 PDFCreator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Scan Tailor is an interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages. It performs operations such as page splitting, deskewing, adding/removing borders, and others. You give it raw scans, and you get pages ready to be printed or assembled into a PDF or DJVU file.

    15 ScanTailor Advanced alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  5. Skim icon
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    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.

    85 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. PDFedit icon
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    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.

    92 PDFedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. qpdfview icon
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    qpdfview is a Qt-based tabbed document viewer using the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.

    77 qpdfview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Qt
     
  8. Atril icon
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    Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI, XPS and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard...

    107 Atril alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. PDF4QT icon
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    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.

    97 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    PrivatePDF is a free web tool that lets you make quick PDF edits from within your web browser, without uploading anything anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    CubePDF Utility allows you to intuitively perform editing tasks such as merging, extracting, splitting, deleting, reordering, and rotating PDF pages via thumbnails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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