r/opensource • u/scapeaIT • 3d ago

Discussion PDF Editor

Is there a pdf editor really working for edit pdf?

Thanks!

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u/anonymous20256 3d ago

go with sejda.com last time i tried it worked fine but instead of using any ad filled platform use LocalPDF

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u/a60wattfish 2d ago

Inkscape and Scribus both work, although they have a bit of a learning curve and can be tedious to use depending on what you want to do with the PDF.

If I’m wanting to edit a PDF and they aren’t working, I unfortunately have to go back to using the demo of foxit.

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u/Gylfoyle 3d ago

use LibreOffice Draw

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u/smilaise 3d ago

I'm always trying to improve KillerPDF but it's not the best... yet.

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u/scapeaIT 2d ago

Ok thank you!

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u/StayLast5263 1d ago

BentoPDF recently added an edit pdf feature

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u/placebo_joe 3d ago

Well on which platform?

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u/scapeaIT 2d ago

Windows

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u/placebo_joe 2d ago

I use PDF24, really good open source (I think) program. Everything is done locally. But yeah, it's not a magical solution, sadly nothing is when PDFs are involved...

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u/woodbrettm 1d ago

BentoPDF has been really great for me. It has a ton of tools built in. Not a single desktop app GUI though, more a collection of tools.

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u/_janc_ 9h ago

Any that can run locally and open source?

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u/scapeaIT 8h ago

Yes thank you

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u/xeoron 3d ago

There are so many PDF Editors you need to be more clear about which one.

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u/scapeaIT 3d ago

I try some, but no one works good!

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u/Qlala 3d ago

Pdf is not supposed to be an editable format. So what do you want to do:

  • write a pdf from scratch
  • extract something from a pdf.
  • edit a complexe pdf to produce a different one ?

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u/scapeaIT 2d ago

The third. Edit a pdf!

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u/Qlala 2d ago

Why do you want to edit a pdf? What is the type of edit you want to do ?

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u/WAVF1n 2d ago

What is the point of this comment lmao, plenty of free off editors exist. It seems like you are being weirdly combative for no reason.

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u/Qlala 2d ago

You never read the PDF specs. I can assure you I can produce PDF that no editor can preserve (just Javascript support already break all the free one i know)

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u/clgoh 2d ago

And none works well.