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, PaperKnife and PDFtk.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon

    PDF Arranger

     114 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.

    73 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    Export selection only. Export each selected page to a file. Export all pages to files.
     
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    PDF Arranger vs PDFsam Comments
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    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.
    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.
    3 of 4 comments
    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourcePDFsam is Freemium and Open Source
    • PDF Arranger 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.

    91 PDFTK Builder alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDFTK Builder screenshot 1
     
  5. PaperKnife icon

    PaperKnife

     6 likes

    Privacy-first PDF utility (Zero-Server Architecture). Merge, split, compress, and edit PDFs 100% locally on your device. No uploads, no servers, no tracking.

    54 PaperKnife alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Online
    PaperKnife screenshot 1
     
  6. PDFtk icon

    PDFtk

     19 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.

    48 PDFtk alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    PDFtk screenshot 1
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PDF-Shuffler screenshot 1
     
  9. 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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  10. jPdf Tweak icon

    jPdf Tweak

     15 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    jPdf Tweak screenshot 1
     
  11. Karp icon

    Karp

     1 like

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

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  12. 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
     
  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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    pdfslicer screenshot 1
     
  14. 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.

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    Platforms

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