PDFsam Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to PDFsam for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is PDF Arranger, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDFsam and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to PDFsam are Master PDF Editor, Sejda, Qoppa PDF Studio and PDF4QT.

filter to find the best alternatives

PDFsam alternatives are mainly PDF Editors, but if you're looking for PDF Readers or Text to Speech Services you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PDFsam.
PDFsam iconPDFsam
  218
  • ...

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

More about PDFsam
PDFsam alternatives page was last updated Feb 17, 2025
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. PDF Arranger icon
     95 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    66 PDF Arranger alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Split and merge PDF files
    2.  Visual Organization
    3.  Split PDF files
    4.  Combine PDF
    5.  Edit PDF
    6.  Rotate pages
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Image sorting
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Portable

    PDF Arranger VS PDFsam

     
    Comments about PDF Arranger as an Alternative to PDFsam
    Most Recent Comment
    Guest
    Positive Dec 14, 2020
    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. :)

    Guest
    Positive Oct 31, 2021
    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

    Guest
    Positive Aug 14, 2023
    1

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

    Show more comments
    3 of 4 comments
    PDFsam Icon
    PDF Arranger icon
    • 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 focused and LightweightPDFsam is not according to our users
  2. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Master PDF Editor is complete solution for editing PDF and XPS files. You can insert, edit, remove, copy, add images or graphics. Export, import, remove and change page layouts. Also Master PDF Editor provides full functionality for changing PDF information, including author...

    127 Master PDF Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Top Master PDF Editor Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Sign PDF files
    6.  Split PDF files
    7.  Combine PDF
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No registration required
    10.  PDF compression
    11.  Fill PDF Forms
    12.  PDF encryption

    Master PDF Editor VS PDFsam

     
    Comments about Master PDF Editor as an Alternative to PDFsam
    tuva-hayabi
    Positive Aug 20, 2024
    0

    It is not free of charge (no subscription model, just a one-off license fee of around 75 €), but it has a multitude of functions, nothing is missing. It is a great tool for manipulating PDF files to your heart's content.

    PDFsam Icon
    Master PDF Editor icon
    • Master PDF Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryPDFsam is Freemium and Open Source
  3. Sejda icon
     32 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    99 Sejda alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Top Sejda Features

    1.  Edit PDF
    2.  Combine PDF
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Crop PDF
    5.  Sign PDF files
    6.  Split PDF files
    7.  PDF compression
    8.  PDF annotation
    9.  Convert PDF to image
    10.  Create PDF files
    11.  PDF OCR
    12.  Convert images to PDF

    Sejda VS PDFsam

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

    Create, Convert, Review and Edit PDF Documents on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Edit PDF
    2.  Sign PDF files
    3.  Scan to PDF
    4.  PDF Redaction
    5.  Convert PDF to Word document
    6.  Create PDF files
    7.  Fill PDF Forms
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Text to Speech
    10.  OCR
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Ad-free

    Qoppa PDF Studio VS PDFsam

     
  5. PDF4QT icon
     7 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    92 PDF4QT alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Hardware Accelerated
    4.  Sign PDF files
    5.  PDF annotation
    6.  PDF compression
    7.  Text to Speech
    8.  Portable
    9.  QT Based
    10.  Support for Multiple threads

    PDF4QT VS PDFsam

     
  6. PDF-Shuffler icon
     34 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

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

    84 PDF-Shuffler alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update is from November 2018.

    PDF-Shuffler Features

    1.  Combine PDF
    2.  Split PDF files
    3.  Split and merge PDF files
    4.  Crop PDF
    5.  Rotate pages
    6.  GPLv3
    7.  Sort pages
    8.  Gtk

    PDF-Shuffler VS PDFsam

     
  7. PDFtk icon
     18 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    42 PDFtk alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    PDFtk Features

    1.  Split PDF files
    2.  Combine PDF
    3.  Document Merging

    PDFtk VS PDFsam

     
  8. jPdf Tweak icon
     16 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    75 jPdf Tweak alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Latest version, 1.1, released in December 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    jPdf Tweak Features

    1.  Split PDF files
    2.  Sign PDF files
    3.  Combine PDF
    4.  Portable
    5.  PDF compression
    6.  PDF encryption
    7.  Java based
    8.  Split and merge PDF files
    9.  Page labeling

    jPdf Tweak VS PDFsam

     
  9. PdfMod icon
     27 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    PDF Mod is a simple application for modifying PDF documents.

    84 PdfMod alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    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.

    PdfMod Features

    1.  Combine PDF
    2.  Edit PDF
    3.  Gtk

    PdfMod VS PDFsam

     
  10. PDFedit icon
     23 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer updated. Last version, released in May 2014, can be still downloaded from Sourceforge

    PDFedit VS PDFsam

     
10 of 26 PDFsam alternatives