Open Source PDFsam AlternativesTop PDF Editors and other similar apps like PDFsam

The best open source alternative to PDFsam is PDF Arranger. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDFsam and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDFsam are Stirling-PDF, PDFTK Builder, PDF-Shuffler and PDF4QT.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon

    PDF Arranger

     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.

    70 PDF Arranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Export selection only. Export each selected page to a file. Export all pages to files.
     
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    Comments about PDF Arranger as an Alternative to PDFsam
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    Older PDF Sam was great as a visual and fast tool to build 1 pdf from several by selection of the pages ; the free feature disapeared. Here PDF Arranger does exactly the same and is still as fast and free in 2021

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It's very simple but it gets the job done well.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    5

    So far, PDF Arranger is the first completely free PDF document toolkit that allows me to merge various PDF documents and/or images and rearrange the pages in the resulting document. Just what I am looking for right now. Great. :)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PDF Arranger is a great PDFsam alternative.

    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to PDFsam.

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

    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourcePDFsam is Freemium and Open Source
    • PDF Arranger is Privacy focusedPDFsam is not according to our users
  2. Stirling-PDF icon

    Stirling-PDF

     49 likes

    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    85 Stirling-PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    • Cloudron
    Stirling-PDF screenshot 1
     

    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Self-Hosted alternative to PDFsam.

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourcePDFsam is also Freemium and Open Source
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedPDFsam is not according to our users
  4. PDFTK Builder icon

    PDFTK Builder

     64 likes

    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.

    88 PDFTK Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. PDF-Shuffler icon

    PDF-Shuffler

     34 likes

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

    89 PDF-Shuffler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. PDF4QT icon

    PDF4QT

     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)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. PDFtk icon

    PDFtk

     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.

    45 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. jPdf Tweak icon

    jPdf Tweak

     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
    jPdf Tweak screenshot 1
     
  10. Karp icon

    Karp

     1 like

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

    53 Karp alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  11. PDF Chain icon

    PDF Chain

     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
    Concatenate Simple
     
  12. LibreSign icon

    LibreSign

     11 likes

    LibreSign is a web application for electronic signatures (e-Sign) that offer the possibility of signing documents online with security and agility.

    138 LibreSign alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
    • JavaScript
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PHP
    LibreSign screenshot 1
     

    • LibreSign is the most popular SaaS alternative to PDFsam.

    • LibreSign is Freemium and Open SourcePDFsam is also Freemium and Open Source
    • LibreSign is Privacy focusedPDFsam is not according to our users
  13. pdfslicer icon

    pdfslicer

     3 likes

    This is a simple application for extracting, rotating and reordering pages of a PDF document, with undo/redo support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. PDF Blender icon

    PDF Blender

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    PDF Blender is a free cross platform PDF merging tool that utilizes Ghostscript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Licence WXWindows librairie licence / GNU Library Public Licence
     
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