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pdfcpuPaperJam
Free

Free and open source under the Apache licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Command line
  • Single static binary with no dependencies
  • Doubles as a Go library, so the same operations work inside your own program
  • Can rearrange, scale, and rotate PDF pages
  • Places multiple pages on a sheet
  • Command line only
  • Newer than the established tools, so some edge-case PDFs still fail
  • Command-line program
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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