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PDF Tinkerer vs word-sys's PDF Editor: catalog facts
PDF Tinkerer	word-sys's PDF Editor
Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1-or-later license.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.
Linux	Linux
Creates new PDFs as well as modifying existing ones Open source under LGPL	Edits text and images on PDF pages Can merge and reorder pages
Linux only Small one-person project with little public documentation	Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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