The Best Open Source Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesTop PDF Readers & PDF Editors like Adobe Acrobat DC

The best open source alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is Stirling-PDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are GImageReader, BentoPDF, Paperwork and Sioyek.

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  1. Stirling-PDF icon

    Stirling-PDF

     49 likes

    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    86 Stirling-PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about Stirling-PDF as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
    KimiBCN
    Negative
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    It lacks many features and has bugs. The PDF open button sometimes disappears.

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    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Open Source alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  2. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

     74 likes

    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

    90 GImageReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about GImageReader as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
    KimiBCN
    Negative
    1

    It's not an alternative to Acrobat Pro; it lacks many features.

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    • Most users think GImageReader is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  4. BentoPDF icon

    BentoPDF

     8 likes

    BentoPDF is a PDF Toolkit that works fully offline with no sign ups. It's fast, secure and forever free. In an era where data is a commodity, we take a different approach. All processing for BentoPDF tools happens locally in your browser.

    65 BentoPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Sioyek icon

    Sioyek

     22 likes

    Sioyek is a PDF viewer with minimal interface optimized for reading research papers and technical books.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Sioyek as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    I love Sioyek because it has blazingly fast update time when a pdf modified. very suitable for latex with (n)vim/emacs user.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sioyek is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Sioyek is LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  7. Signature PDF icon

    Signature PDF

     9 likes

    Free open-source web software for signing (alone or with others), organizing (merge, sort, rotate, delete, extract pages, ...), editing metadatas or compressing PDFs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
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  9. Papers icon

    Papers

     12 likes

    A document viewer for the GNOME desktop. You can view, search or annotate documents in many different formats.

    66 Papers alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    A clear, simple Ul
     
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    Comments about Papers as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
    Shaz Shah
    Negative
    0

    It's not a PDF editor, but a really nice looking viewer/reader.

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    • Papers is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Papers is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  10. PDFtk icon

    PDFtk

     18 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.

    46 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. OCRmyPDF icon

    OCRmyPDF

     15 likes

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. CopyFish icon

    CopyFish

     19 likes

    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Copy text from images, PDF and Youtube videos
     
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    Comments about CopyFish as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
    Luis Lobo
    Positive
    0

    It only does OCR it is not a PDF editor.

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    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
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    Qpdf Tools

     2 likes

    Qpdf Tools is an easy-to-use Qt interface for Ghostscript and QPDF.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  14. clawPDF

     8 likes

    Yet another PDF Printer? Yes! This PDF Printer has the intention to be completely open source. Print to PDF, PDF/A, PDF/X, PNG, JPEG, TIF and text.

    40 clawPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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