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KhervePDF is a free, open-source PDF viewer and annotation editor for Windows, built in Python with PySide6 and PyMuPDF. It combines a clean editing experience with a feature unique among PDF tools: every change is tracked in a per-document Git repository, so you can browse history, diff revisions, and restore earlier versions of any PDF.
Annotate with pen, highlighter, text boxes, shapes, arrows, sticky notes, signatures, and redactions. Reorder, rotate, insert, delete, merge and split pages. Fill AcroForm fields. Search across pages. Export to PNG or plain text.
13 built-in themes (Light, Dark, Nord, Dracula, Gruvbox, Solarized, Monokai, One Dark, GitHub, Catppuccin and more), tabbed multi-document interface, full undo/redo, and optional GitHub sync for cloud backup of your edits.
Part of the Kherve* suite alongside KherveTeX (LaTeX editor) and KherveSheet (spreadsheet).
Features
- PDF viewing and editing
- Annotations: pen, highlighter, text, lines, arrows, shapes
- Sticky notes with author and timestamp
- Digital signatures (image stamp or freehand)
- Redaction with permanent flatten on save
- Page operations: insert, delete, rotate, reorder
- Merge and split PDFs
- AcroForm field filling
- Full-text search across pages
- Built-in Git version control per document
- Visual commit history browser with diff and restore
- Optional GitHub remote sync
- 13 themes including Dark, Nord, Dracula, Solarized
- Tabbed multi-document interface
- Full undo/redo stack
- Export to PNG and plain text
- Cross-reader compatible annotations (PyMuPDF round-trip)
- GitHub: https://github.com/gkerherve/KhervePDF
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