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qpdf vs PDF Arranger: catalog facts
qpdf	PDF Arranger
Free Free and open source under the Apache licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux
Rewrites PDF structure losslessly, which makes it ideal in pipelines Can dump and rebuild a PDF as JSON for scripted editing	Page thumbnails you drag, rotate, crop and delete directly Merges and interleaves two documents, ideal for one-sided scans
No rendering or text extraction; those need other tools Command line only	Page operations only; no text or image editing No official macOS build
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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