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PDF Shaper vs PDF Tricks: catalog facts
PDF Shaper	PDF Tricks
Free Free download with no subscription.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Windows	Linux
Works offline with no file uploads Broad set of conversion, page and security tools	Compress PDFs at several resolution levels Split by page ranges and merge multiple files
Windows only Not a full PDF text editor	Linux only Limited to a few basic operations, no page editing or annotation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account 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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