Stirling-PDF
by Stirling-Tools
Stirling PDF is an open-source platform for editing and managing PDFs, offering desktop, browser, and self-hosted server options.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 95.1k
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 1368 days
What you can do with it
- Edit and merge PDFs
- Sign and redact documents
- Automate PDF workflows
Could replace
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Acrobat Pro starts at £19.97 a month (individual, annual plan billed monthly, incl. VAT; source, checked 2026-10-26)
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Save costs by self-hosting PDF management
- Streamline document workflows for efficiency
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell (MIT-style terms in the licence file). Some folders may carry other terms.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install via Docker or follow the documentation for full installation options.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Part of these stacks
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
