Compare the Top PDF Software for Linux as of September 2026 - Page 2

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    JPedal

    JPedal

    IDR Solutions

    JPedal is a versatile Java PDF Library for displaying, converting, printing, and parsing PDFs in Java applications. With over 20 years of development, it supports a wide range of PDF files. Key features include: -PDF to Image Conversion: Converts PDFs to images in various formats. -Java Swing PDF Viewer: Offers multi-page display, search, printing, and annotation editing. -Text and Image Extraction: High-quality extraction of text and images from PDFs. -PDF Search: Supports searching with wildcards and regular expressions. -Form & Annotation Handling: Supports XFA and AcroForms, enabling form data access and annotation editing. -Document Manipulation: Allows deleting, merging, splitting, and optimizing PDFs. -Security & Performance: Runs locally without third-party dependencies, processing PDFs up to 3x faster than alternatives.
    Starting Price: $950 one time fee
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    Formatter V7

    Formatter V7

    Antenna House

    Publish high-quality PDF and printed documents from XML, DITA, and HTML. Choose to style your content with XSL-FO or CSS. Generate PDF documents in almost any language supported by Unicode. Compliant with W3C standards for XSL-FO, CSS, MathML, SVG, and Unicode. AH Formatter is the most powerful automated PDF publishing software and the only one of its kind. It is known for XSL-FO formatting in the documentation industry used for XML, DITA, and S1000D. Over the years, AH Formatter has been expanded with the capability to transform HTML into properly formatted documents with CSS stylesheets. Now users have more options for producing PDFs and can choose to format documents with XSL-FO or CSS! AH Formatter is the fastest XML/HTML to PDF formatting software available. AH Formatter can format documents of virtually any size whether it is a publication, tens of thousands of invoices, reports, or personalized one-to-one documents.
    Starting Price: $560 one-time payment
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    PDFRasterizer.NET 4.0
    Render a PDF page as PNG or JPG at any resolution. Starting with version 4.0, we use the Skia 2D graphics library to render PDF pages. It is possible to render directly to a Skia surface. Render a page to single-page TIFF or a document to multi-page TIFF. Specify options such as pixel format, compression and resolution.
    Starting Price: $990 per year
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    iText

    iText

    Apryse

    Now part of the Apryse family, iText is one of the best-documented and most versatile PDF SDKs in the world. The open-source iText Core library features a powerful layout engine and intuitive high-level APIs for document creation and manipulation, digital signing and validation, and much more. It has built-in support for PDF 2.0, all variants of PDF/A and PDF/UA, FIPS-140-2 and the very latest ISO standards for digital signatures and encryption. You can extend iText's capabilities even further, with add-ons for comprehensive HTML/XML and CSS templating, global language and writing systems, secure document redaction, OCR, document optimization, and working with dynamic XFA. iText Core is free to use under the AGPLv3 license, while a commercial license releases you from the AGPL terms and gives you professional support and maintenance. Visit the iText website to try the entire iText Suite free for 30 days, while keeping your IP safe under iText's commercial license terms.
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    Synap PDFocus

    Synap PDFocus

    Synapsoft

    Synap PDFocus converts and merges documents in more than 30 different formats into PDF without any application installation. Disarmed and reconstructed PDF documents can be created to be shared and the document management efficiency is improved by merging different document formats into a single PDF format. Converts HTML, MS Office, and electronic approval formats into a single high-quality PDF document with no application installation. Document management efficiency is improved by merging different format documents into a single PDF format. Detects/removes items suspected of being malicious codes and reconstructing them into PDF, with SynapSoft’s proprietary format processing technology. Electronic approval document and attached files are saved as a single PDF file and kept. Receives an email after converting to a PDF for safe attachment verification. Merges educational materials in different formats into PDF and provides them as a single file.
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    PDFlib

    PDFlib

    PDFlib

    PDFlib GmbH is completely focused on PDF technology. Customers are using our products since 1997. In 2006 we were one of the founding members of the PDF Association (formerly PDF/A Competence Center). The company closely follows development and market trends such as ISO standards for PDF. PDFlib GmbH products are distributed all over the world with major markets in Europe, North America and Japan. PDFlib is a well-established developer component for generating and manipulating PDF documents. PDFlib’s main targets are dynamic PDF creation on a web server and PDF creation in any kind of server, desktop or mobile application. You can use PDFlib to dynamically create PDF documents from database contents, similar to dynamic Web pages. Since 1997 PDFlib has proven itself in a wide range of use cases and development environments. Application programmers use PDFlib to create PDF output with text, images, graphics and interactive elements.
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    Foxit PDF SDK

    Foxit PDF SDK

    Foxit Software

    Our high-performance libraries add robust PDF functionality to enterprise, mobile, and cloud applications across all platforms: Web, Windows, Android, iOS, Mac, UWP and Linux, using the most popular developer languages and environments. Build on a modern tech stack that integrates tightly with the platform you’re working on. We continuously improve our products and they gain new features every month. We grow with you as your requirements change and your project evolves. Our core API is designed from the ground up to deliver a seamless development experience across all platforms, without requiring deep PDF knowledge. Foxit is known for our management of edge cases, and for working with 100% of PDF files across all standards. With only one SDK to work with, you dramatically reduce your exposure to third parties. We provide sample, projects, demos, API docs and more for every single feature in the PDF SDK to get you up to speed quickly. You will receive support by real developers.
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    PassportPDF
    This modern cloud infrastructure offers freemium microservices, productivity-oriented solutions in many fields such as compression, unified APIs working on any platform, on any client, from any programming language, and a new SaaS licensing. A guide and complete documentation provide all the necessary steps for authentication, communication with the API, processing documents, and managing errors. There is also a section about best practices regarding efficiency. Minimalistic and straightforward ASP.NET Core MVC application which demonstrates how to use DocuVieware through the PassportPDF Rest API to visualize documents. This application will evolve over time, as other similar demos are implemented. Minimalistic and straightforward ASP.NET 4.6.2 application which demonstrates how to use DocuVieware through the PassportPDF Rest API to visualize documents. This application will evolve over time, as other similar demos are implemented.
    Starting Price: $6,000 per year
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    PDF Constructor
    Using an XML grammar incorporating features of XHTML, CSS, and SVG, PDF Constructor creates single or multiple-page PDF documents using existing or dynamically-created raster, vector, and text content. Build PDFs with content that is ready to go to print. Use CMYK and spot colors. Specify the bleed and trim. Use Type 1, TrueType, or OpenType fonts, always embedded and optionally subset. Produce web or screen-ready documents with bookmarks, hyperlinks, actions, and JavaScript. You can even build complete Acrobat Forms dynamically. Include JPEG and TIFF images in any colorspace and resolution. Apply your choice of transformations to ensure the image fits correctly into your layout. Include SVG drawings directly or by reference. Specify individual pages or entire PDF documents as new content or as a template on which to add new elements. Paragraph and character styles based on CSS2 can be specified for flowable content.
    Starting Price: $2,999 one-time payment
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    PDFspy

    PDFspy

    Apago

    PDFspy is the ultimate “get info” utility for your PDF documents. It can extract a comprehensive list of attributes from a PDF file into an XML-based format. Support for PDF 1.7/ISO 32000 (Acrobat 9, X, DC). Element now shows CMYK separations that are actually used by text and vector elements. The new element that shows the number of shading objects in a PDF file. A restored output being written to stdout if -o option not used, recommend using -quiet option when writing to stdout. Fixed calculation of page labels. An improved text extraction algorithm. Calculates color simulation values for ICCBased, separation and DeviceN colorspaces. Improved Unicode, ISO Latin, and AdobePDF character set support. Fonts usage (name, type, embedding & subset status, use of Unicode). Asset management system, extract page count, metadata, font & image information. Document management, determine text or image-only documents, and extract comments.
    Starting Price: $600 one-time payment
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    EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .Net
    EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .NET EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .NET and .NET Core is a library that can be easily integrated and distributed in your ASP.NET and MVC web sites, desktop applications, Windows services and Azure cloud services to convert web pages, HTML strings and streams to PDF, to images or to SVG and to create nicely formatted and easily maintainable PDF reports and documents. The converter has full support for HTML5, CSS3, SVG, Canvas, Web Fonts and JavaScript. Does not require installation or any third party tools. EVO HTML to PDF Converter. EVO HTML to PDF Converter for .Net EVO HTML to PDF Converter Library for .NET combines the powerful printer friendly PDF format with the flexibility of the popular HTML format into a modern tool for creating nicely formatted and easily maintainable PDF reports and documents. itemThe library does not rely on external tools or services and does not require installation or server configuration changes, supporting simple
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    PDFBox

    PDFBox

    Apache Software Foundation

    The Apache PDFBox® library is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows the creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0. Extract Unicode text from PDF files. Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files. Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form. Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard. Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API. Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images. Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG and digitally sign PDF files. See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.
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    webPDF

    webPDF

    webPDF

    Server-sided workflows for PDF creation and editing on Windows and Linux and browser-based web portal for desktop or mobile use within the enterprise. Flexible API interface for PDF creation and processing from programming languages or for integration into your company's external applications. Because of the great variety of formats, simple data exchange or the permanent storing and archiving of documents requires a great deal of effort from the company's operational environment. Be it constant software updates, different format versions or new formats - the costs in dealing with the various formats can quickly rise. The reduction to one central format not only reduces the costs, but also simplifies the operational processes. The conversion of different formats into a standardized and consistent format - preferably centrally and server-based - is, therefore, the goal of many companies.
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    jPDFEditor

    jPDFEditor

    Qoppa Software

    jPDFEditor is intended for developers and integrators. For end-users, Qoppa Software offers PDF Studio, our advanced desktop PDF editor for Mac, Windows and Linux based on our same solid PDF technology. jPDFEditor can load documents from files on a local or network drive, from a URL and from Java input streams for documents that are generated runtime or come from other sources, such as a database. After editing documents, the library can save them. Features: -Display PDF files -Print PDF files -Convert text and image files (gif, png, jpg, tiff) to PDF on the fly -Fill and save interactive PDF forms -Markup PDFs (all PDF annotations and text markups supported) -Digitally sign PDF files -Content editing -Redaction -Optional OCR module -Optional Comparison module -Access jPDFProcess powerful PDF manipulation API -Text search, selection, copy -Easy navigation with thumbnail, bookmark, annotation, signature views -Advanced tools: zoom, loupe, snapshot, pan and zoom
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    Free PDF Online

    Free PDF Online

    Qoppa Software

    The tools and services offered on this website are available for free, with a daily use limit. There is no account creation required and no fee incurred. Visitors can use the website to solve occasional PDF processing needs or to quickly test and evaluate the underlying PDF technology, developed by Qoppa Software. We ask that users do not upload documents containing confidential information, as this service is not secure (due to lack of login mechanism).
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    Slim PDF Reader

    Slim PDF Reader

    Apryse Software

    Copy and paste PDF text, annotate PDFs, fill out interactive PDF forms, and validate digital signatures you receive on Windows, Mac, and Linux with a lightweight & completely free Slim PDF Reader. It comes with a Dark theme setting that will help you save battery on a laptop and reduce eye strain, a full range of advanced and customizable annotation tools, various document navigation tools, search and print features, ability to copy text for pasting into another application, snapshot tool, interactive PDF form filling and signature verification features. Slim PDF Reader is one of the smallest desktop PDF readers (download size only 15 MB), 100% bloatware free, fast and easy on system resources.
    Starting Price: Free
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    PDFChef

    PDFChef

    Movavi

    Edit and convert PDF files online, right in your browser. Download PDFChef by Movavi for PC or Mac and customize PDFs to your precise needs. Get access to advanced tools and different PDF editing modes at no charge. We’re all about making managing PDFs easy and convenient. Our software provides all the tools you need to work effectively and helps you to fulfill your potential. With this big update, we’ve changed our name to better reflect who we are and what we do. PDFChef lets you take care of routine PDF-related tasks without risking the security of your device. There’s also a trial version available as a free download for you to check out all the functionality of the full version of our PDF-editing software. PDFChef by Movavi is a multifunctional program to edit PDFs. You can add and edit text, insert, crop, and resize images. Our PDF editor also allows you to rearrange, delete, and rotate pages. Modify your PDFs in any way you want with PDFChef.
    Starting Price: $29.95 per user per year
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    PDFsail

    PDFsail

    PDFsail

    PDFsail is a powerful online PDF tool designed to improve office efficiency. It provides a variety of practical functions to meet daily PDF document processing needs. You can easily complete the following operations without downloading or installing any software: Core functions 1. PDF format conversion - Supports converting PDF to Word, Excel, PPT, pictures and other formats, and can also easily convert files in these formats to PDF. 2. PDF compression - One-click compression of PDF file size, while ensuring document clarity, convenient storage and sharing. 3. PDF editing - Modify PDF content online, support adding annotations, inserting signatures or images, to meet personalized editing needs. 4. AI intelligent processing - With the help of AI technology, quickly summarize PDF content, read PDF and answer questions, making information acquisition more efficient. 5. PDF merging and splitting - Merge multiple PDF files into one document, or split large files.
    Starting Price: $4.16/month