List of PDF software
This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage PDF documents. There is also Wikipedia category for individual PDF software articles.
Multi-platform
Converters
- PDF FLY – converts PDF into vector, bitmap and ASCII formats
- PdfTeX – converter (from TeX)
- Prince – PDF formatter using XML or HTML with CSS and SVG as input
- pstoedit – PostScript to (other) vector file format converter
- XeTeX – a TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents
Development libraries
- cairo – a Vector drawing library which can create PDF documents
- FLY Batch – Command-line batch engine for converting PDF to PostScript, EPS, WMF, EMF, SVG, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, ASCII, more.
- FLY SDK – API/DLL for creating, modifying, merging and converting PDF.
- iText – a Java-based library for the creation, editing and conversion of PDF files
- libHaru – PDF creation library with multiple APIs (C, C#, Ruby, Delphi, PHP)
- pdf-renderer – a Java-based library for rendering PDF files
- PDF Clown – an open source library for creating and manipulating PDF files in Java 1.5 and C# 2.0
- PDFLib: a commercial PDF library
- Poppler – a library for viewing (with cairo or depending on X11 (as Xpdf))
- ReportLab – an open-source, Python-based PDF creation library from ReportLab
Editors
- Adobe Acrobat – Adobe Systems' commercial desktop PDF authoring suite
- Adobe FreeHand – Vector-based illustration creation and editing of multipage documents; opens, edits and exports Adobe PDF up to version 1.4
- Adobe Illustrator – ability to open, edit, and save single-page PDF figures natively
- Ghostscript – viewer, creator and converter
- Inkscape – open, edit and export documents
- Pdftk – command-line tools to create, edit and convert documents
- PDF Studio – a PDF file editor from Quoppa Software, for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows
Viewers
- Adobe Reader – Adobe's PDF reader, offered at no cost
- Foxit Reader – free viewer for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and mobile devices
- Multivalent – Java-based viewer
Linux/UNIX
Converters
- CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) – supports exporting to PDF formats
Editors
- PDFedit – an open source program for viewing or editing the internal structures of PDF documents
Viewers
- ePDFView – a PDF viewer similar to Evince, but without GNOME dependencies
- Evince – the default PDF and file viewer for GNOME; replaces GPdf
- GPdf – a PDFviewer for GNOME; replaced by Evince
- gv – a file viewer program included with the multi-platform Ghostscript package
- KPDF – a PDF reader for the K Desktop Environment; replaced by Okular in KDE 4
- Okular – universal viewer for KDE; replaces KPDF
- Xpdf – a PDF viewer for the X Window System
Mac OS X
Converters
- deskUNPDF for Mac – commercial application from Docudesk for converting PDF files to the Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org file formats
Viewers
- Preview – Mac OS X's default PDF viewer
- Safari - Apple's web browser supports in-line PDF viewing.
- Skim – an open source PDF reader and note-taker for Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
Converters
- ABBYY PDF Transformer – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from ABBYY
- CutePDF Writer – shareware PDF converter from Acro Software
- deskPDF Standard and Professional – commercial PDF converter applications from Docudesk
- doPDF – a freeware PDF converter for both personal and commercial use from Softland
- novaPDF – a shareware PDF virtual printer application from Softland
- Nuance PDF Converter – a commercial, proprietary PDF viewing, editing & conversion tool from Nuance Communications
- PDFCreator – a freeware open-source virtual printer that converts printed data into the PDF file format
- PDF FLY – converts PDF into vector, bitmap and ASCII formats
- pdf2image – creates sharp images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP) from PDF for use on the Web or in MS Office and other applications
- pdf2picture – converts PDF into native Microsoft Office vector (WMF/EMF) and image (BMP) formats
- PrimoPDF – a free proprietary virtual printer that converts printed data into the PDF file format
- Print2PDF – a shareware PDF converter
- ReaSoft PDF Printer – a commercial virtual printer from Reasoft Development that converts printed data to PDF files
- Zetadocs PDF – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from Equisys
Editors
- CutePDF Professional – commercial PDF editor from Acro Software
- Ecopy Desktop – a PDF imaging editor
- JawsPDF – a commercial PDF creator and editor
- Nitro PDF – a commercial PDF viewer, creator, editor and converter application from Nitro PDF, Inc.
- PagePlus X2 – a commercial desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
- PDF Sign&Seal – a commercial PDF viewer, creator, and converter application from Ascertia Ltd.
- PDF-XChange – a commercial PDF editor, annotator, form filler from Tracker Software
Viewers
- Drumlin PDF reader – a freeware PDF reader and secure publisher application from Drumlin Security
- PDF-XChange Viewer – a freeware PDF viewer from Tracker Software
- Sumatra PDF – an open source PDF viewer
Mobile
- Adobe Reader – a PDF viewer from Adobe Systems for Symbian, Palm, and Pocket PC mobile devices
- MobileXPdf – a free and open-source PDF viewer for Windows CE
- PalmPDF – a free PDF viewer for Palm OS
- Picsel File Viewer
- PocketXpdf for Windows Pocket PC and Windows Mobile
- uBook Reader for Windows CE, Windows Handheld PC, Windows Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile
Web-based
Converters
- PDF Online – an online PDF creator
- RSS 2 PDF – an online RSS to PDF converter
- Zamzar – online file converter
Editors
- PDF Hammer – an online PDF editor
- PDFescape – an online PDF reader, form filler, and editor
- PDFfiller – a commercial online PDF form filler, and editor
Viewers
- Vuzit – a free online PDF viewer