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PDFsam Basic vs PDF Mix Tool: catalog facts
PDFsam Basic	PDF Mix Tool
Freemium PDFsam Basic is free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. PDFsam Enhanced and Visual are…	Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations Completely offline; files never leave the machine	Merge, split, rotate, N-up and booklet creation in one app Few dependencies (Qt and qpdf)
No text editing, form filling or OCR in the free edition JavaFX interface feels unlike a native app on every platform	Page-level operations only, no content editing Linux focused
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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