Stirling-Tools

Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

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README.md

<h1 align="center">Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform</h1>

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.

![Stirling PDF - Dashboard](docs/images/home-light.png)

## Key Capabilities

- **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**

## Quick Start

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

Then open: http://localhost:8080

For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our [Documentation Guide](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/#documentation-guide).

## Resources

- [**Documentation**](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com)
- [**Homepage**](https://stirling.com)
- [**API Docs**](https://registry.scalar.com/@stirlingpdf/apis/stirling-pdf-processing-api/)
- [**Server Plan & Enterprise**](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Paid-Offerings)

## Support

- **Community**: [Discord](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
- **Bug Reports**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/issues)

## Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.

This project uses [Task](https://taskfile.dev/) as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run `task dev` to get started running the editor, run `task` to see the most common commands, or see the [Developer Guide](docs/developer/DeveloperGuide.md) for full details.

For adding translations, see the [Translation Guide](docs/developer/HowToAddNewLanguage.md).

## License

Stirling PDF is open-core. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

Repository info

Default branch: main
Latest version: v3.1.0
Created: 2023-01-28
Last activity: 2026-10-14
License: Other
Open issues: 495
Watchers: 310

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