Alternatives to PDF Mix Tool

A lightweight open-source Linux app for merging, splitting, rotating and rearranging PDF pages. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PDF Mix Tool.

  • PDF Arranger

    Drag PDF pages into the order you want, rotate them, crop them, and merge two files together.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    PDF Arranger is a GPL page organiser for Linux and Windows with drag-and-drop thumbnails, cropping and interleaving, but no N-up or booklet creation.

  • PDFsam Basic

    Splits, merges, rotates and extracts PDF pages entirely offline, in batches rather than one file at a time.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    PDFsam Basic is AGPL on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding batch split, merge and rotate across many files, with a bundled Java runtime and slower startup.

  • pdfjam

    Command-line tool that combines, n-ups, rotates, scales and rearranges PDF pages into print-ready files.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    pdfjam handles N-up layouts and booklets from the command line and requires a LaTeX installation instead of offering a graphical interface.

  • qpdf

    Command-line tool for content-preserving PDF transformations.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    qpdf is an Apache-2.0 command-line tool for lossless PDF transformations including page selection and merging, with no graphical interface.

  • PDFtk Server

    Command-line PDF toolkit for merging, splitting and stamping.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    PDFtk Server is a command-line tool for merging, splitting and stamping with a scriptable syntax, but commercial use requires a paid licence.

  • pdfcpu

    Go library and command line for validating and transforming PDFs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    pdfcpu is an Apache-2.0 single static binary and Go library for transforming PDFs from the command line, without a graphical interface.

  • Cpdf

    Command-line PDF toolkit covering split, merge, stamp and encrypt.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Cpdf is a closed-source command-line toolkit covering split, merge, stamp and encrypt, free only for non-commercial use, with APIs for several languages.

  • Stirling PDF

    A self-hosted web PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, converting, signing and editing PDFs on your own server.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Stirling PDF is a self-hosted browser toolbox with 55+ tools including OCR and signing, which needs server setup or its desktop apps.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.