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Stirling-Tools / Stirling-PDF

#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

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<p align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/main/docs/stirling.png" width="80" alt="Stirling PDF logo"> </p> <h1 align="center">Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform</h1>

Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.

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Stirling PDF - Dashboard

Key Capabilities

  • Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
  • 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
  • Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
  • Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
  • Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
  • Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.

For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com

Quick Start

docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf

Then open: http://localhost:8080

For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.

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Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

For development setup, see the Developer Guide.

For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.

License

Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.