Use this command to install Stirling-PDF with WinGet:
winget install --id=StirlingTools.StirlingPDF -e
Stirling-PDF is a robust locally hosted web-based tool designed for comprehensive PDF manipulation, enabling users to perform over 50 operations such as splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing, and more. Built on Docker, it provides a secure and efficient platform for handling PDF files entirely within your environment.
Key Features:
Over 50 PDF operations including advanced editing, conversion, and automation.
Parallel processing for faster file tasks and downloads.
Dark mode support for enhanced user experience.
Customizable pipelines to automate workflows across multiple features.
OCR capabilities (using Tesseract) for extracting text from scanned documents.
Advanced security features like password protection, watermarking, and PDF certification.
Multi-language support with options in over 40 languages.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for professionals, teams, and organizations requiring reliable and secure PDF management. Stirling-PDF enhances efficiency by offering a comprehensive suite of tools under one interface, customizable to meet specific workflow needs while ensuring data security through local hosting. It supports scalable solutions for both individual users and enterprise environments, making it a versatile choice for all PDF-related tasks.
Installable via winget, Stirling-PDF is a powerful solution tailored to streamline your PDF operations with ease and precision.
README
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
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.
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.
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task 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 for full details.
