Stirling PDF
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Locally hosted web application offering an interactive GUI to merge, split, reorganize, convert, compress, watermark, secure, sign, flatten, repair, extract images, detect blanks, apply OCR, set permissions, and enable file processing or API integration for PDFs.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- Docker Hub
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Featured in Lists
Software for the Tech-Savvy Power User [2/3]
Part 2 of 3 in Series: lists will continually be updated periodically.
This is a continuation of my list, “Recommended Software for the Average Joe and Jane”, but with software I believe needs a bit more technical know-how.
Criteria I look for universally for my lists are as follows:
— Open source code: publicly audited
— Privacy-focus: minimal data collection, encryption by default
— Security-focus: 2FA available, encryption by default
— Zero Knowledge end-to-end encryption (E2EE) when appropriate
— Cross-platform or progressive web apps (PWAs) + cloud backup/sync
— Freemium subscription model, so basic features are always available for free
— Oligarchy / Big Tech alternative
— Absence of “dark” or deceptive patterns
Criteria specifically for this list:
— Small organizations and up-and-coming software are welcome on this list
— User experience may require more configuration, less convenience, and more tech literacy
— Features available can replace or nearly replace Big Tech’s popular apps
phant's software list
my software list, mostly open-source.I have used the vast majority of the software listed there myself for a long time.
This software list open-source/free/freemium apps for Windows 10/11 that I would recommend.This also includes tools for CS/EE background developer.
This list is designed to highlight excellent software in a particular area, so you don’t need to install all the software on the list. You should only consider installing the software I’ve selected when you have a need that falls under a specific section of the list.
Self-hosted & open source tools for work
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Open Source and Freemium product.Pricing
free version with limited functionality.Written in
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Can remove metadata from PDF files, compress them, is open source and has next to no tracking (only usage report iirc)
Can't find the option to compress PDFs, I don't believe it has one.
It has now
Best thing ever, I made an account to give 5 stars, I dozens of apps and NONE of them had an free editor, except this one ❤️❤️❤️
Used it for years, unfortunately it's been progressively enshittified, culminating in what's now the only way to interact with it, through ChatGPT.
what? that's not true at all
Note that this does have a standard Windows Desktop installation too.. available at GitHub.
Extremely complete and easy to use, works offline