Today, we’re going to talk about something pretty cool: Stirling PDF, a tool that lets you handle your PDFs like a pro. Yes, I know there are already plenty of solutions for tinkering with PDFs, but believe me, this one is the best.
First off, it’s a locally hosted web application, so there’s no need to hassle with installation. Plus, it uses Docker, guaranteeing you a hassle-free experience.
Stirling PDF offers numerous features for manipulating your PDFs: splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing… It’s got everything!
And for those worried about their privacy, don’t panic. The tool makes no outgoing calls to save or track anything. Your files stay securely on your machine while you work. The interface is smooth, with a dark mode to save your eyes, customized download options, parallel file processing… and even support for OCR in 26 languages! From English to Serbian to Korean, you can OCR your PDFs like a pro.
But it’s also an interactive PDF editor with multi-page view, annotations, drawing, adding text and images… Enough to turn your PDFs into real works of art. And if you’re the type who likes things well-organized, you’ll love the page reorganization features.
I won’t list everything, or we’ll be here all day. But know that with Stirling PDF, you can also convert files to and from PDF, extract images, compress PDFs, add passwords, watermarks, signatures… This thing can do it all!
And for developers who want to integrate this gem into their scripts, there’s even an API! What more could you ask for?
In short, go try Stirling PDF. It’s free, made with love by enthusiasts, and the code is available on GitHub.
