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Combine PDFsPDFsam Basic
Paid

Sold through the developer's online store and the Mac App Store.

 Freemium

PDFsam Basic is free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. PDFsam Enhanced and Visual are…

macOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Drag and drop PDFs and images to build a new document
  • Interleaves pages from two PDFs, useful for double-sided scans
  • Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations
  • Completely offline; files never leave the machine
  • macOS only
  • Paid app with no free version mentioned
  • No text editing, form filling or OCR in the free edition
  • JavaFX interface feels unlike a native app on every platform
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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