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indiPDF vs PDF Tinkerer: catalog facts
indiPDF	PDF Tinkerer
Paid A one-time $35 lifetime licence, with a free trial download.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1-or-later license.
Windows, Linux	Linux
Annotations saved as standard PDF objects readable in other viewers Page organizing, merging and splitting built in	Creates new PDFs as well as modifying existing ones Open source under LGPL
Proprietary and paid after the trial No macOS version	Linux only Small one-person project with little public documentation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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