Censor
A GNOME desktop app for redacting text and areas in PDF documents.
Open source (AGPL-3.0-only)By The Censor contributors
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About Censor
Censor is a PDF redaction tool for the GNOME desktop. It lets you mark parts of a PDF to black out and saves a document where that content is removed, which helps when sharing files that contain personal or confidential information.
It is written in Python with GTK4 and Adwaita, uses MuPDF through PyMuPDF for PDF handling, and is distributed through Flathub. Development is active on Codeberg, with translations managed through Codeberg's Weblate.
Strengths
- Single-purpose tool for PDF redaction
- Native GTK4 and Adwaita interface
- Built on MuPDF
- Actively maintained with regular releases
Limitations
- Linux only
- Does only redaction, not general PDF editing
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the AGPL-3.0.
- License
- AGPL-3.0-only
- Developer
- The Censor contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users who need to black out sensitive content before sharing PDFs
- Categories
- PDF tools, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Sources