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Stirling PDF
#1 PDF application on GitHub. Edit, sign, merge, convert, and OCR PDFs.
About Stirling PDF
Stirling PDF is the most popular PDF tool on GitHub with 50+ tools for editing, merging, splitting, signing, redacting, converting, compressing, and OCR-ing PDFs. Available as browser app, desktop client, or self-hosted server with REST API.
Key Features
- 50+ PDF tools: merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress
- Browser UI, desktop client, and self-hosted server
- No-code automation pipelines with API access
- Enterprise: SSO, auditing, on-prem deployment
- Interface in 40+ languages
Self-Hosting Notes
Single Docker container. Java-based. Port 8080.
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