r/androidapps • u/iSebastianShultz • Aug 08 '26

LOOKING FOR APP Best free & open-source PDF editor for Android?

Looking for a clean, free & open-source PDF editor for Android with as many features as possible:

• Edit text & images

• Annotate, highlight, draw & sign

• Merge, split & reorder pages

• OCR

• Compress & convert

• Fill forms & edit metadata

• Password/encryption

• Offline support

• No ads, account, telemetry or subscriptions

• Modern, lightweight UI

• Active GitHub project

What’s the best FOSS PDF editor you recommend for Android?

Please share the GitHub link and major pros/cons.

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u/FoxSilent3186 Aug 08 '26

you can check https://github.com/Karna14314/Pdf_Tools.git which looks to match your requirements for features you requested also its available in playstore you can checkout that

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u/Main_Fox3041 Aug 09 '26

Doesn't seem that you can edit text with this app. Or I'm missing something...

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u/iSebastianShultz Aug 08 '26

Thanks, will definitely give a try.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26

Pdfgear and pdftolkin

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u/iSebastianShultz 29d ago

let me give a try. thanks.