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

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