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word-sys's PDF Editor vs PDF Tinkerer: catalog facts
word-sys's PDF Editor	PDF Tinkerer
Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1-or-later license.
Linux	Linux
Edits text and images on PDF pages Can merge and reorder pages	Creates new PDFs as well as modifying existing ones Open source under LGPL
Linux only	Linux only Small one-person project with little public documentation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
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 October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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