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PDF Mix Tool vs PDFsam Basic: catalog facts
PDF Mix ToolPDFsam Basic
Free

Free and open source under the GPLv3.

Freemium

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

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Merge, split, rotate, N-up and booklet creation in one app
  • Few dependencies (Qt and qpdf)
  • Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations
  • Completely offline; files never leave the machine
  • Page-level operations only, no content editing
  • Linux focused
  • 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
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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