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PDFsam

Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files Created by Andrea Vacondio

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux

PDFsam Basic is a free, open source, multi-platform software designed to:

* Merge PDF files (the entire documents or selected page ranges), retaining or discarding bookmarks, acroforms and generating or not a table of contents.
* Split PDF files by pages (odd, even, single pages, etc.).
* Extract a selection of pages from a PDF file.
* Split PDF files by size.
* Split PDF files by bookmarks level.
* Rotate PDF files in batch.
* Mix multiple PDF files together taking pages alternatively from one and the other.... More Info »

PDFsam Enhanced and Visual are PDFsam Basic freemium siblings providing additional functionalities like modify, convert, review, sign, fill forms, encrypt, crop, split by text, etc.

PDFsam is listed in

msori's standard installation, Favorites, and #Gamedev

Links to official PDFsam sites

Official Website Facebook Twitter GitHub

Pricing Information

One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $59 and $129

Features

Document Merging Merge Files Lightweight Low memory usage Multiple languages Edit PDF Convert PDF to Word document Portable Sign PDF files Split and merge PDF files Split PDF files Add a feature

Categories

File Management Office & Productivity

Tags

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PDFsam (sometimes referred to as PDF Split and Merge) was added by s_ktt in Nov 2009 and the latest update was made in Jun 2019. The list of alternatives was updated May 2019. It's possible to update the information on PDFsam or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

MORE APP INFO Official website

Reviews 8

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PDFsam Comments

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Comment by NedBurgher

about PDFsam · Apr 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

The Freemium version for OSX is not nagware and functions well for splitting, re-arranging and merging.

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Comment by gabrielapuig

about PDFsam · Mar 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

easy, fast, and free. Thanks a lot, you saved my life ;)

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Command Line interface

Comment by KoeKto

about PDFsam · Nov 2016 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Does it have Command Line interface?

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andreavacondio · Nov 2016

Yes, you can find it here http://www.sejda.org/
It's the open source engine that powers PDFsam, it's free and developed by the same authors.

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Comment by Miggl

about PDFsam · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Mac version failed without error after converting first 5 pages. I would recommend looking elsewhere for a Mac PDF tool.

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