Stapler Alternatives

Stapler is described as 'Pure Python alternative to PDFtk, a tool for manipulating PDF documents from the command line. Like pdftk, stapler is a command-line tool' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Stapler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Stapler alternative is PDFsam, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Stapler are Master PDF Editor, PDFTK Builder, PDF-Shuffler and pdftl.

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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

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    • Mac
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  2. Master PDF Editor is complete solution for editing PDF and XPS files. You can insert, edit, remove, copy, add images or graphics. Export, import, remove and change page layouts. Also Master PDF Editor provides full functionality for changing PDF information, including author...

    132 Master PDF Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. PDFTK Builder icon
     64 likes

    PDFTK Builder is a free graphical interface to for PDFtk, making it much easier to use. It is a easy to use tool to collate (merge), split, encrypt, decrypt, stamp and rotate (only 90°, 180° or 270°) pdf documents.

    89 PDFTK Builder alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  4. PDF-Shuffler icon
     34 likes

    Merge, split, rotate, crop and rearrange pdf documents and their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. pdftl icon
     2 likes

    pdftl: A modern Python-based successor to pdftk. A CLI tool for PDF manipulation, merging, and geometry (crop/chop) powered by pikepdf and qpdf.

    12 pdftl alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • BSD
     
  6. 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

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. QPDF icon
     15 likes

    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

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. UnityPDF icon
     5 likes

    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
     
  9. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. VivPDF Editor icon
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    It's virtually the fastest solution for users to edit PDF documents in any circumstances, all you need to do is several clicks!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  12. Edit, convert, annotate, protect, merge, split, compress, and sign PDF files on Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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