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Stirling PDF

Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services. Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API. 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more. Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs. Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments. Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems. Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages. For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide. Documentation Homepage API Docs Server Plan & Enterprise Community: Discord Bug Reports: GitHub Issues

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Navid Moazzezby Navid Moazzez·Updated Sept 30, 2026·1 min read
Stirling PDF

Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services. Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API. 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more. Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs. Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments. Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems. Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.

For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com

For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide. Documentation Homepage API Docs Server Plan & Enterprise Community: Discord Bug Reports: GitHub Issues

Stirling PDF at a glance

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LanguageJava
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Last update2026-09-29
Contributors312

How to install Stirling PDF

bash docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf

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