pdftl Alternatives

pdftl is described as ': A modern Python-based successor to pdftk. A CLI tool for PDF manipulation, merging, and geometry (crop/chop) powered by pikepdf and qpdf' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to pdftl for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best pdftl alternative is PDFsam, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pdftl are PDFtk, PDFEncrypt, QPDF and UnityPDF.

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

    146 PDFsam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • PDFsam is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to pdftl.

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

    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open Sourcepdftl is Free and Open Source
    • PDFsam is Lightweightpdftl is not according to our users
  2. PDFtk icon
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    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.

    46 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • PDFtk is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to pdftl.

    • PDFtk is Freemium and Open Sourcepdftl is Free and Open Source
  3. PDFEncrypt icon
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    PDFEncrypt is a free, open-source Windows application that encrypts any PDF file using industry-standard encryption algorithms.

    15 PDFEncrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. QPDF icon
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    It could have been called something like pdf-to-pdf. It also provides many useful capabilities to developers of PDF-producing software or for people who just want to look at the innards of a PDF file to learn more about how they work.

    25 QPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. UnityPDF icon
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    UnityPDF lets you merge, split, divide, rotate, protect PDF files and more. All features are easy to use and do not require complex skills.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. PDF Merge is a simple user-friendly application that allows you to merge multiple PDF documents including scanned / imported documents and images into 1 PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Functions: Split pdf-files, Merge pdf-files together, Compose new PDF-Files while using individual sorting, customized patterns (similar to Word printing), etc. You can even append encrypted PDF files to another PDF document Faster than Java based PDF Split &a.

    58 7-PDF Split & Merge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. PDFs Split & Merge is a lightweight application for your Mac. It helps you Split, Merge and Unlock PDF files within seconds and it's all offline. We respect your privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • PDFs Split & Merge is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to pdftl.

    • PDFs Split & Merge is Freemium and Proprietarypdftl is Free and Open Source
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    en-crypt, de-crypt, si-gn, ve-rify - smime, pdf, xades and plain files in pure python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. PDF WIZ icon
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    PDF WIZ is an offline PDF converter that converts PDF to Word/PPT/Excel, images, merge, split or compress PDF or remove PDF password, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • PDF WIZ is the most popular commercial alternative to pdftl.

    • PDF WIZ is Paid and Proprietarypdftl is Free and Open Source
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    Stapler is a pure Python alternative to PDFtk, a tool for manipulating PDF documents from the command line. Like pdftk, stapler is a command-line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. PDF Resizer icon
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    PDFResizer.com PDF editor allows you to instantly split and merge, optimize, crop, resize, and convert your documents online with just a couple of clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • PDF Resizer is the most popular Web-based alternative to pdftl.

    • PDF Resizer is Free and Proprietarypdftl is Free and Open Source
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