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CpdfPDFsam Basic
Freemium

Free for non-commercial use. Commercial use requires a paid licence.

 Freemium

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Very wide operation set from one binary, including typesetting text onto pages
  • APIs for Java, .NET, C, Python and JavaScript alongside the CLI
  • Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations
  • Completely offline; files never leave the machine
  • Free only for non-commercial use
  • Closed source
  • 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
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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