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Ask HN: Is there a good open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat?
Ideally, it would not only be just a pdf reader but also have functionality to remove pages, add pages, sign, and edit forms.
- reify 8mo agoOn linux I use qpdf example; to keep pages 1-9 and 26-end of the original file input.pdf and save them to outputfile.pdf: qpdf input.pdf --pages . 1-9,26-z -- outputfile.pdf reduce pdf file size qpdf --compress-streams=y --recompress-flate --optimize-images 1.pdf 2.pdf converted a 16mb file to 1mb reduction qpdf --help Run "qpdf --help=topic" for help on a topic. Run "qpdf --help=--option" for help on an option. Run "qpdf --help=all" to see all available help. Topics: add-attachment: attach (embed) files advanced-control: tweak qpdf's behavior attachments: work with embedded files completion: shell completion copy-attachments: copy attachments from another file encryption: create encrypted files exit-status: meanings of qpdf's exit codes general: general options help: information about qpdf inspection: inspect PDF files json: JSON output for PDF information modification: change parts of the PDF overlay-underlay: overlay/underlay pages from other PDF files page-ranges: page range syntax page-selection: select pages from one or more files pdf-dates: PDF date format testing: options for testing or debugging transformation: make structural PDF changes usage: basic invocation For detailed help, visit the qpdf manual: https://qpdf.readthedocs.io
- itzprime 8mo agoPDF24
- mindwork 8mo agoI self host Stirling-PDF for complicated tasks, and use native MacOs app Preview for easy tasks
- the__alchemist 8mo agoSumatra
- 0xADD1E 8mo agoBetween Okular for reading and quick edits, and the qpdf cli for occasional stranger (particularly encryption-related) things, I can’t remember the last time I touched Acrobat. On macOS, Preview.app (with occasional qpdf) also works very well.
- rdtennent 8mo agopdftk
- gethly 8mo agohttps://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor/ https://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor/