locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Online
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- Cloudron
- Docker Hub
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Open Source PDFCreator AlternativesPDF Printers & PDF Editors like PDFCreator
The best open source alternative to PDFCreator is Stirling-PDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDFCreator and 13 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PDFCreator are clawPDF, CubePDF, PDF Reader Pro (by ahmmedrejowan) and PDF Toolkit: Edit, Merge, Sign.
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- 101 Stirling-PDF alternatives
- 41 clawPDF alternatives
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.
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CubePDF is a Windows virtual printer that allows you to convert to PDF when you need it from any application, including Web browsers, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint (PPT), bitmap files (PNG, JPEG, BMP), etc.
A feature-rich, privacy-focused PDF app built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. View, edit, and manage PDFs with 12 powerful tools including merge, split, compress, rotate, lock/unlock, and more. Supports bookmarks, table of contents, full-text search, and auto-scroll for...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
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94 PDF Toolkit: Edit, Merge, Sign alternativesPrivacy-first, offline PDF editor for Android. Merge, split, compress, convert and annotate PDFs — 100% on-device, no internet required.
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18 RWTS PDFwriter alternativesRWTS PDFwriter is an OSX 11.0+ compatible print driver that enables you to “print” your documents directly to a pdf file. It has similar functionality to CutePDF on Windows.
Q-PDF Creator Easy allows you to create professional PDF documents from any application that is able to print.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
16 PdfScribe alternativesA PDF virtual printer for 64-bit Windows 7 / 2008R2 or later. - stchan/PdfScribe
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.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Platforms
- Python
- Mac
- Linux
- Windows
- BSD
CUPS-PDF is designed to produce PDF files in a heterogeneous network by providing a PDF printer on the central fileserver. It is available under the GPL and is packaged for many different distributions or can be built directly out of the source files.
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179 HRConvert2 alternativesHRConvert2 is an open-source web-app that converts files without tracking users across the net or infringing on your intellectual property.
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