PDFApps
The PDF editor that
respects your privacy
15 powerful tools in one app. 100% offline, free forever, no accounts. Your files never leave your computer.
Built for people who care
Most PDF tools are paid, browser-based, or want your data. PDFApps is different.
100% offline
Files never leave your computer. No uploads, no cloud, no tracking.
Free forever
Open source, MIT licensed. No subscriptions, no upsells, no trials.
Cross-platform
Native on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Same experience everywhere.
All in one
15 tools in a single app. No more juggling 5 different websites.
Everything you need for PDFs
From basic operations to a visual editor with signatures and annotations.
Split & Merge
Split a PDF by page ranges or merge multiple files with drag-and-drop ordering.
Compress
Three quality levels using Ghostscript and PyMuPDF for the smallest output size.
Encrypt
Protect PDFs with a password or remove encryption from existing documents.
OCR
Extract text from scanned PDFs in 5 languages using Tesseract.
Visual Editor
Redact, annotate, sign, highlight, and edit text directly on the PDF.
Convert
Export to PNG, JPG, DOCX, TXT, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, or EPUB.
Ready to ditch the cloud?
Download PDFApps and get 15 PDF tools running locally on your machine in less than a minute.
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