Adobe Acrobat alternatives

Open-source alternatives

• PDFsam Basic

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. A Tier ANo paid feature gates in the self-run edition GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: noNot offered as software you run yourself.

  Use existing PDF files locally for split, merge, rotate, mix and page extraction. Basic does not replace Acrobat text editing, OCR, conversion, forms or e-signature collection.