Open Source PDF24 Creator AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Printers like PDF24 Creator

The best open source alternative to PDF24 Creator is PDF Arranger. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDF24 Creator and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDF24 Creator are PDFsam, Stirling-PDF, PDFCreator and BentoPDF.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon
     103 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.

    71 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
  2. PDFsam icon
     224 likes

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

    146 PDFsam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about PDFsam as an Alternative to PDF24 Creator
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    Pretty much forces you to use the paid version. Not a real exchange for PDF24

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    • Most users think PDFsam is a great PDF24 Creator alternative.

    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourcePDF24 Creator is Free and Proprietary
  3. Stirling-PDF icon
     49 likes

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

    87 Stirling-PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    • Cloudron
     
  4. PDFCreator icon
     261 likes

    PDFCreator allows you to convert any document into a PDF by acting as a virtual printer. It offers features like merging, digital signatures, password protection, and automation for efficient workflows. Its user-friendly settings help you optimize your PDFs easily.

    107 PDFCreator alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  5. BentoPDF icon
     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

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. PDF4QT icon
     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.

    98 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. PDFedit icon
     24 likes

    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.

    92 PDFedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. CubePDF Utility allows you to intuitively perform editing tasks such as merging, extracting, splitting, deleting, reordering, and rotating PDF pages via thumbnails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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

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    • Windows
     
  10. PDF Chain icon
     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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. qvPDF icon
     19 likes

    qvPDF is a PDF creator for Windows, but you can also merge & split. Its implemented as printer driver and uses plugins to execute different actions after creating the PDF. Processing parameters can be written directly into the printed document like: @|mapi.mailto=me@you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. FormulatePro icon
     3 likes

    FormulatePro helps you open and write on PDF documents. You can fill out any PDF form document, drop in graphics, scribble with the mouse or a tablet, save and print.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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