Open Source PDFsam Alternatives

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 PDFTK Builder, PDF-Shuffler, LibreSign and PDFtk.

PDFsam alternatives are mainly PDF Editors but may also be PDF Readers or E-signature Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PDFsam.

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PDF Editor

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

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PDF Arranger
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Windows
Linux
57 PDF Arranger alternatives
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.
- - PDF Arranger is the most popular Linux alternative to PDFsam.
- - PDF Arranger is the most popular Open Source alternative to PDFsam.
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PDF Arranger Features
1. Split PDF filesPDF Arranger can split PDF files into multiple documents.
2. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
3. Privacy focusedPDF Arranger is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. Works OfflinePDF Arranger can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
5. Dark ModePDF Arranger supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Split and merge PDF files
Visual Organization
Edit PDF
Rotate pages
Image sorting
Comments about PDF Arranger as a Alternative to PDFsam
Almost everyone thinks PDF Arranger is a great PDFsam alternative.
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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
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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. :)
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It's very simple but it gets the job done well.
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PDFTK Builder
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Windows
PortableApps.com
77 PDFTK Builder alternatives
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.
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PDFTK Builder Features
1. LightweightPDFTK Builder consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
3. PortablePDFTK Builder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Split and merge PDF files
Password protection
Reorder pages
Create PDF files
Opinions about PDFTK Builder as a Alternative to PDFsam
Most users think PDFTK Builder is a great PDFsam alternative.
PDF-Shuffler
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Linux
77 PDF-Shuffler alternatives
Merge, split, rotate, crop and rearrange pdf documents and their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.
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PDF-Shuffler Features
1. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
2. Split PDF filesPDF-Shuffler can split PDF files into multiple documents.
Split and merge PDF files
Crop PDF
Rotate pages
GPLv3
Sort pages
Gtk
Discontinued
The last update is from November 2018.

Opinions about PDF-Shuffler as a Alternative to PDFsam
Almost everyone thinks PDF-Shuffler is a great PDFsam alternative.
LibreSign
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Free • Open Source
E-signature Tool
Online
Self-Hosted
Nextcloud
JavaScript
Software as a Service (SaaS)
PHP
101 LibreSign alternatives
LibreSign is a web application for electronic signatures (e-Sign) developed by the LibreCode cooperative (Brazilian cooperative specialized in free software development). Its development began at the beginning of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, when people and companies were...
- - LibreSign is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to PDFsam.
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LibreSign Features
1. Sign PDF filesLibreSign support signing a PDF document digitally on a touch screen etc.
REST API
Digital Signage
Nextcloud integration
PDFtk
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Freemium • Open Source
PDF Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
38 PDFtk alternatives
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.
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PDFtk Features
1. Split PDF filesPDFtk can split PDF files into multiple documents.
2. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
Document Merging
PDFEncrypt
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 PDFEncrypt alternatives
PDFEncrypt is a free, open-source utility for Windows that encrypts any PDF file using industry-standard encryption algorithms. Simply select the unencrypted file, enter a password, and the encrypted file is generated.
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PDFEncrypt Features
1. PDF encryptionPDFEncrypt can encrypt and decrypt PDF documents.
AES Encryption
Create PDF files
Add Password to PDF
PDF Mix Tool
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Linux
40 PDF Mix Tool alternatives
PDF Mix Tool is a simple and lightweight application that allows you to split, merge, rotate and mix PDF files. It is written in C++ and depends only on Qt 5 and PoDoFo.
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PDF Mix Tool Features
1. Split PDF filesPDF Mix Tool can split PDF files into multiple documents.
2. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
Split and merge PDF files
PdfMod
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Linux
BSD
80 PdfMod alternatives
PDF Mod is a simple application for modifying PDF documents.
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PdfMod Features
1. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
Edit PDF
Gtk
Discontinued
The program seems no longer updated. Last release, 0.9.1, was released on March 3, 2011 and only translations have been done on the project since then. It can be still downloaded from the official website.

Opinions about PdfMod as a Alternative to PDFsam
Most users think PdfMod is a great PDFsam alternative.
PDFedit
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Windows
Linux
84 PDFedit alternatives
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.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 20140526_1531, released in May 2014, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
PDF Chain
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Free • Open Source
PDF Editor
Linux
55 PDF Chain alternatives
PDF Chain is a graphical user interface for PDFtk. The GUI supports all common features of the command line tool in a comfortable way.
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PDF Chain Features
1. Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
Create PDF files