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PDF Mix Tool vs PDF Tricks: catalog facts
PDF Mix Tool	PDF Tricks
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Linux	Linux
Merge, split, rotate, N-up and booklet creation in one app Few dependencies (Qt and qpdf)	Compress PDFs at several resolution levels Split by page ranges and merge multiple files
Page-level operations only, no content editing Linux focused	Linux only Limited to a few basic operations, no page editing or annotation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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