Open source alternatives to Smallpdf

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Smallpdf does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Smallpdf does

  1. Compress PDFscore
  2. Convert PDFs to and from Office and imagescore
  3. Merge and split PDFs
  4. Edit and annotate PDFs
  5. E-sign documents
  6. OCR scanned documents

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
Stirling-PDFSelf-hosted web app with many tools to edit, convert and merge PDFs Replaces it81%97k+583
678
 9 days ago100% Needs a server Custom license
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Convert PDFs to and from Office and images; Edit and annotate PDFs.See the evidence
  • Compress PDFscoreYesCompress Shrink for archive
  • Convert PDFs to and from Office and imagescorePartlyEdit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs
  • Merge and split PDFsYesEdit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress
  • Edit and annotate PDFsPartly60+ powerful tools for editing PDFs
  • E-sign documentsYesEdit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs
  • OCR scanned documentsYesOCR Read scanned pages
pdfcraftBrowser based PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging and splitting files Replaces it69%9.8k+45
193
 6 days ago32% Runs in a browser AGPL-3.0
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Convert PDFs to and from Office and images; Edit and annotate PDFs. Not shown: E-sign documents.See the evidence
  • Compress PDFscoreYesMerge, split, compress, convert, and edit PDF files
  • Convert PDFs to and from Office and imagescorePartlyOffice to PDF, eBook to PDF
  • Merge and split PDFsYesCombine multiple PDFs into one document
  • Edit and annotate PDFsPartlyAll-in-one PDF editor for merge, split, organize
  • E-sign documentsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • OCR scanned documentsYesMake scanned PDFs searchable with text recognition

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