list of PDF software

This list of PDF software includes links to articles on software used to manage Portable Document Format (PDF) documents.

Contents   [hide]  1 Multi-platform 1.1 Converters 1.2 Editors 1.3 Development libraries 1.4 Creators 1.5 Viewers 2 AmigaOS 2.1 Converters 2.2 Viewers 3 Unix and Linux 3.1 Annotation functionality 3.2 Converters 3.3 Creators 3.4 Development libraries 3.5 Editors 3.6 Viewers 4 Mac OS X 4.1 Converters 4.2 Editors 4.3 Creators 4.4 Viewers 5 Microsoft Windows 5.1 Converters 5.2 Creators 5.3 Development libraries 5.4 Editors 5.5 Viewers 6 Mobile 7 Web-based 7.1 Converters 7.2 Editors 7.3 Viewers 8 References 9 External links

[edit]Multi-platform

[edit]Converters

These allow users to convert PDF files to other formats.

Name	License	Platforms	Description
deskUNPDF	Proprietary	Mac, Windows	Converts PDFs to Word, Excel, Text, HTML
GIMP	GNU GPL	Linux, Mac, Windows	Converts PDF to raster images
ImageMagick	Apache	Linux, Mac, Windows	Converts PDF to raster images and viceversa
LibreOffice	GNU LGPL	BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows (Java based)	Import from PDF (extension included by default), export as PDF including PDF/A.
OpenOffice	GNU GPL	Linux, Mac, Windows	Import from PDF (with restrictions) (after installing an extension[1]), export as PDF including PDF/A.
Poppler-utils	GNU GPL	Linux, Unix, Windows	Converts PDF to other file format (text, images, html, ...)
pstoedit	GNU GPL	?	Converts PostScript to (other) vector graphics file format
QPDF	Artistic License 2.0	Linux, Windows[2]	Structural, content-preserving transformations from PDF to PDF
pdf-parser	Public Domain	?	Extraction and analysis tool, handles corrupt and malicious PDF documents
Solid Converter PDF	Proprietary	Windows, Mac OS X	PDF to Word, Excel, HTML and Text; supports passwords, text editing, and batch conversion
SWFTools	GNU GPL	Linux, Windows, Mac	SWF conversion and manipulation suite containing a standalone PDF to SWF converter along with a Python gfx API ( requires Xpdf )

[edit]Editors

These allow users to modify an existing PDF file.

Name	License	Platforms	Description
LibreOffice	GNU LGPL	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	native PDF opening and saving
OpenOffice Draw	GNU LGPL	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	PDF import via OpenOffice.org software, or extensions[1]
Inkscape	GNU GPL	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	Open, edit and export documents, but only one page at a time (pages can be later combined using PDF printer); free open source software
PDFedit	GNU GPL	Windows, Linux, BSD	Software to view or edit the internal structures of PDF documents, and merge them
Pdftk	GNU GPL	Windows, Mac OS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris	Command-line tools to edit and convert documents; supports filling of PDF forms with FDF/XFDF data. GUI front-end exists

[edit]Development libraries

These are used by software developers to add and create PDF features.

Name	License	Description
Adobe PDF Library	Proprietary License	C++, .NET, Java API with support for PDF editing, viewing, printing and text extractions
Formatting Objects Processor	Apache License	Open-source print formatter driven by XSL Formatting Objects and an output independent formatter; main output target is PDF
GNU PDF	GNU GPL	Open-source C library in development; when done, will provide functions to implement all features of PDF 1.7 specification. (Due to the availability of Poppler, as of 6 October 2011, GNU PDF is no longer considered a "high priority project" by FSF.[3])
iText	AGPL[4]	Open-source library to create and manipulate PDF, RTF, HTML files in Java, C#, and other .NET languages
JasperReports	GNU LGPL	Open-source Java reporting tool that can write to screen, printer, or into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, comma-separated values and XML files
libHaru	ZLIB/LIBPNG[5]	Open-source, cross-platform C library to generate PDF files
Poppler	GNU GPL[6]	Open-source multi-backend C++ library derived from Xpdf; no bundled viewer; incl. pdftohtml converter
ReportLab	BSD license	Open-source, Python-based PDF creation library
TCPDF	GNU LGPL	Open-source PHP library to create PDF files
XEP	Proprietary	XSL-FO layout engine written in Java; output formats: PDF
JPedal	Proprietary, GNU LGPL	Java developer library for view, extract, print PDF files
Cairo graphics	GNU LGPL, MPL	Open-source C multi-backend vector graphics library
podofo	GNU LGPL	Open-source C++ library to read and write the PDF files

[edit]Creators

These create files in their native formats, but then allow users to export them to PDF formats.

Name	License	Platforms	Description
Adobe Acrobat	Proprietary	?	Desktop PDF authoring suite
FineReader	Proprietary	?	OCR tool; can save as PDF, and recognize text from PDF
Ghostscript	GNU GPL	?	Viewer, creator, converter; supports also PDF/X-3; used by PdfCreator, WinPdf, BullzipPdf, CutePDF freeware version and others
OpenOffice.org	GNU GPL	?	All OpenOffice.org applications allow PDF export; supports also PDF/A-1a; since many import formats are supported (e.g., doc, docx, rtf, xls, ppt) conversion is also possible
LibreOffice	GNU GPL	Linux, Windows, Mac	All LibreOffice applications allow PDF export; supports also PDF/A-1a; since many import formats are supported (e.g., doc, docx, rtf, xls, ppt) conversion is also possible
PageStream	Proprietary	?	Cross-platform desktop publishing application to open, edit, export
Prince	Commercial	Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris,	Converts HTML, XML, SVG, and MathML to PDF by way of CSS
Scribus	GNU GPL	Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops	Cross-platform desktop publishing (DTP) application; supports also PDF/X-3
XEP	Proprietary	BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows (Java based)	Converts XML and XSL-FO to PDF
LaTeX, TeX	LaTeX Project Public License, Permissive	?	Mark-up language and tools to write technical reports, books, magazines, almost any publication type
LuaTeX	GNU GPL	?	TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents
pdfTeX	GNU GPL	?	TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents
XeTeX	MIT	?	TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents

[edit]Viewers

These allow users to view (not edit or modify) any existing PDF file.

Name	License	Description
Adobe Reader	Proprietary, freeware	Adobe's PDF reader
DigiSigner	Proprietary, freeware	PDF viewer with added function to digitally sign PDF documents
Evince	GNU GPL	Universal viewer for GNOME.
Foxit Reader	Proprietary, freeware	PDF Viewer / Reader for Desktop computer and Mobile Devices
Google Chrome	Proprietary, freeware	View, search PDF files. Smooth over-sampled display of low resolution images.
Ghostscript	Aladdin Free Public License	A legacy graphical interface for Ghostscript
MuPDF	GNU GPL	Aims to be small and fast with high quality anti-aliased graphics. Does not support interactive features.
Okular	GNU GPL	Universal viewer for KDE; replaces KPDF, available on versions of KDE from 4.1
PDF.js	Apache License 2.0	A JavaScript library to convert PDF files into HTML5, usable as a web-based viewer that can be included in web browsers.
Qiqqa	Proprietary, freeware	View PDFs in a variety of zoom layouts, annotate, tag, search, cross-reference.
Utopia Documents	Proprietary, freeware	Semantic scientific PDF reader (optimised for life sciences and medicine), allows public comments on PDFs, generates on-the-fly link-outs to scientific databases and resources when used while online
Xpdf	Free and proprietary versions	Legacy, a multi-platform viewer; based on Xpdf codebase

[edit]AmigaOS

[edit]Converters

• Antiword: A free Microsoft Office Word reader for various operating systems; converts binary files from Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 to plain text or PostScript; available forAmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS x86
• dvipdfm: a DVI to PDF translator with zlib support

[edit]Viewers

• Xpdf a multi-platform viewer for PDF files, Amiga version uses X11 engine Cygnix

[edit]Unix and Linux

[edit]Annotation functionality

• Okular: Supports a range of annotation types. Annotations are stored separately from the unmodified PDF file.
• Xournal: Allows for complex and customizable annotations by freehand drawing, a shape recognition tool, multiple colours and text fonts. In addition, there is a rule tool for straight lines, highlighting and underlining. Annotations may be copied, pasted and easily moved. Annotations may also be in complex scripts such as Tibetan through SCIM input. Annotations are stored separately from the unmodified PDF file, but the annotated document can be exported to PDF.
• Evince: Supports addition, but not removal, of basic text note annotations.^[7]

[edit]Converters

The CUPS printing system can render any document to a PDF file, thus any UNIX/Linux program with print capability can produce PDF files.

• Pdftk: can merge, split, en-/decrypt, watermark/stamp and manipulate PDF files.
• poppler-utils: includes command-line tools to extract images from a PDF (pdfimages) and convert a PDF to other formats (pdftohtml, pdftotext, pdftoppm).
• ps2pdf: converts a PostScript file to a PDF.
• SWFTools: its pdf2swf component converts PDF to SWF.

[edit]Creators

• Xournal: an open source program that creates PDFs.
• Scribus: an open source program for professional page layout.

[edit]Development libraries

• Xpdf: an open source multi-backend library for viewing and manipulating PDF files. Bundled with a viewer with the same name

[edit]Editors

• PDFedit: an open source program for viewing or editing the internal structures of PDF documents
• PDF Studio: proprietary software for viewing and editing PDF documents

[edit]Viewers

• Adobe Reader: freeware version for GNU/Linux.
• Evince: default PDF and file viewer for GNOME; replaces GPdf.
• GPdf: for GNOME; replaced by Evince.
• Okular: KDE desktop environment; replaces KPDF.
• Xpdf: for the X Window System.
• Foxit Reader: from Foxit Software.
• Xournal: GTK2 PDF viewer and annotator using Poppler.

[edit]Mac OS X

[edit]Converters

• deskUNPDF for Mac: proprietary application from Docudesk to convert PDF files to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, image, and data file formats

[edit]Editors

• Adobe Acrobat: Proprietary PDF authoring suite
• PDF Studio: Proprietary software to view and edit PDF documents
• PDF Signer: Proprietary; fills forms and embeds image signatures in PDF documents.

[edit]Creators

• Mac OS X: Creates PDF documents natively via print dialog

[edit]Viewers

• Safari: This bundled web browser has built-in support for reading PDF documents.
• Firefox: Includes a PDF viewer
• Google Chrome: Includes a PDF viewer
• Preview: Mac OS X's default PDF viewer (in Mac OS X v10.5 and later, it also can rotate, reorder, annotate, insert, and delete pages. It can also merge files, create new files from existing files, and move pages between files.)
• Adobe Reader: Adobe Systems's reader which is also available for Macintosh; Safari plug-in available
• Skim, an open source (BSD licence) PDF reader and note-taker for Mac OS X

[edit]Microsoft Windows

[edit]Converters

• Adobe Acrobat: Can convert files into PDF or convert PDF files into other formats^[8]
• ABBYY FineReader: Commercial PDF converter which converts PDF into Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), PowerPoint (ppt), and more
• deskUNPDF: PDF converter to convert PDFs to Word (.doc, docx), Excel (.xls), (.csv), (.txt), more
• GSview: File:Convert menu item converts any sequence of PDF pages to a sequence of images in many formats from bit to tiffpack with resolutions from 72 to 204 × 98 (open sourcesoftware)
• gDoc Fusion: Proprietary, shareware; PDF views, edits, converts documents into PDF, XPS or Microsoft Word document; after 30 days a watermark is placed on documents in shareware version
• PDF-XChange: PDF Tools and PDF-XChange print driver allow conversion from many formats to PDF. A "lite" version of the print driver is free for non-commercial (home and academic) use.
• SaveasPDFandXPS: Freeware add-in for Microsoft Office 2007; converts documents in standard Microsoft Office formats, e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, into PDF format.
• SWFTools: 'pdf2swf component converts PDF to SWF – command line with GUI wrapper

[edit]Creators

Name	Type and license	Description
Bullzip PDF Printer	Freeware	Virtual printer, requires Ghostscript and PDFPowerTool.
CC PDF Converter	GPL	Creates a PDF with embedded Creative Commons license from any software.
CutePDF	Freeware and professional versions	Virtual printer, also with proprietary PDF editor. Executes ask.com browser toolbar software that phones home and installs without consent.
deskPDF	Standalone	Available for both client and terminal servers.
doPDF	Freeware standalone	Virtual printer. It doesn't use Ghostscript.
eCopy PaperWorks	Proprietary
Foxit PhantomPDF	Commercial
gDoc Creator	Shareware	Enterprise-level creator to create, review, edit, share or archive PDF and XPS documents. After 30 days shareware version places a watermark on documents.
HelpNDoc	Freeware and professional versions	Manual and documentation authoring tool with native PDF export. Free for personal use.
NovaPDF	Commercial	Virtual printer.
PagePlus	Proprietary	Desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
PaperPort	Proprietary	Desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
PDFCreator	GPL, FairPlay	Virtual printer, for Windows licenced under GPL. Uses Ghostscript and includes adware.
PDF-XChange	Free lite version	PDF Tools allows creation of PDFs from many types of source input (images, scans, etc.). The PDF-XChange print driver allows printing directly to a PDF. A "lite" version of the print driver is free for non-commercial (home and academic) use.
PrimoPDF	Freeware standalone	Virtual printer, for Microsoft .NET Framework and uses Ghostscript and RedMon. Connects with www.primopdf.com. Includes Open Candyadware.
Print2PDF and Prin2PDF Free	Proprietary or freeware	PDF converter
SaveasPDFandXPS	Freeware	Add-in for Microsoft Office 2007
Solid PDF Creator	Proprietary
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer	Proprietary	Graphic design software with PDF creation plus import, viewing and limited editing

[edit]Development libraries

• HTML2PDF-X: Proprietary software library for PDF creation from HTML input.

[edit]Editors

• Adobe Acrobat: Adobe Systems's proprietary desktop PDF authoring suite.
• Adobe Photoshop: Adobe Systems's Graphic Design software and image editor.
• gDoc Fusion: proprietary/shareware desktop product to create, review, edit, share or archive PDF and XPS documents. After 30 days a watermark is placed on documents in shareware version.
• Infix PDF Editor: a proprietary PDF editor with word processor features
• Nitro PDF: a proprietary WYSIWYG editor with interface styled after Microsoft Office
• PDF Studio: Proprietary software for viewing and editing PDF documents
• pdftk: free (GPL) command-line tools to manipulate, edit and convert documents; supports filling of PDF forms with FDF/XFDF data
• PDFedit: free and open source software for viewing and editing PDF documents
• Qiqqa: Freeware PDF reader, indexer, tagger and annotator. Supports OCR and export of PDF text and images.
• PDF-XChange Viewer: Freeware PDF reader, tagger, editor (simple editions) and converter (free for non commercial uses).
• Microsoft Word 2013: Proprietary desktop software. The 2013 edition of Office allows editing PDF files.

[edit]Viewers

• Adobe Reader: Adobe's freeware PDF reader.
• Evince: a free (GPL), open source PDF reader. Part of the GNOME desktop environment. Windows port available since version 2.28.
• Foxit Reader: Proprietary/freeware PDF reader, supports FDF import/export, saving filled forms; other extended functionality available via purchasable plugins.
• gDoc Fusion: Proprietary/shareware to view PDF, XPS, Microsoft Word document, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or image files, included in the evaluation version of the product. Shareware version places a watermark on documents after 30 day eval.
• GSview: Open source software and Ghostscript's viewer for Windows
• Nitro PDF Reader: Shareware PDF reader, proprietary PDF reader and creator. Supports PDF creation, saving filled forms (AcroForms), text typewriter, markup/collaboration, and stamp signature. Free trial runs 14 days.
• Nuance PDF Reader: Freeware(adware) PDF reader, supports saving filled forms, partial support for XFA forms; enables the capability to convert PDF files to MS Word or Excel files through Nuance website.
• PDF-XChange Viewer: Freeware viewer with free OCR, supports FDF/XFDF import/export, saving filled forms, extended markup and export to image capabilities.
• Qiqqa: Freeware PDF reader, indexer, tagger and annotator. Supports OCR and export of PDF text and images.
• Sumatra PDF: A free (GPL), open source PDF reader. It also supports DjVu, XPS, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) and eBook (EPUB & MOBI) file formats. Supports automatic reloading of PDF files.
• STDU Viewer: A freeware for non-commercial usage PDF reader. It also supports DjVu, Comic Book Archive (CBR or CBZ), XPS, TIFF, TXT and image file formats.

[edit]Mobile

• Evince: Ported to Maemo platform
• iBooks: PDF viewer for iOS (iPhone, iPad)

[edit]Web-based

[edit]Converters

• Cometdocs: Online PDF conversion
• Software602 Print2PDF 9.0: interactive web conversion from IIS or XML-SOAP web service
• Zamzar: Online file converter

[edit]Editors

• PDFescape: a free web service to view, create forms, fill out forms, and edit PDF documents from a web browser (requires JavaScript to be enabled)
• PDFVue: a free web application that allows the user to view PDF's, comment and fill PDF forms from a web browser. Generates a watermark.

[edit]Viewers

• A.nnotate: a web service which views PDF documents as HTML in the browser, with annotation features.
• DigiSigner: free online PDF viewer java applet with additional function to digitally sign PDF documents.
• Docstoc: a web service which allows viewing PDF documents online
• Issuu: a web service which allows viewing PDF documents online
• Google Docs: a web service which views PDF documents as PNG images in the browser
• Scribd: a web service which renders PDF documents as HTML5 in the browser
• Pdf.js: A Javascript-based library, with viewer, and browser plugin.

[edit]References

1. ^ ^a b Oracle PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org repository for Extensions
2. ^ installing instructions, online QPDF manual
3. ^ "GNU PDF project leaves FSF High Priority Projects list". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
4. ^ iText: licenses, iText Software Corp.
5. ^ "Licensing". Libharu.org. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
6. ^ Kristian Høgsberg (27 February 2005). "The poppler pdf rendering library". cgit.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
7. ^ "Annotations and Bookmarks".
8. ^ "Learn Acrobat X – Converting PDF Files to Other File Formats". Adobe TV. Adobe Systems. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

[edit]External links

• PDF at the Open Directory Project
• PDF software at the Open Directory Project
• Windows Tools and Drivers at the Open Directory Project

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