List of PDF software
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This list of PDF software includes notable computer software used to manage PDF documents.
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[edit] Multi-platform
[edit] Free and open source
- Ghostscript – viewer, creator and converter
- GSPdf – viewer for GNUstep, based on Ghostscript
- iText – Java-based creator, editor and converter
- KPDF – KDE's viewer; based on Xpdf.
- Multivalent – Java-based viewer
- OpenOffice.org – office suite, can export to PDF
- PDFBox – Java library
- PdfTeX – converter (from TeX)
- Pdftk – creator, editor and converter (iText frontend)
- ReportLab – Python-based creator
- Scribus – creator
- Xpdf - PDF view for X windows system
- cairo - Vector drawing library which can create PDF documents
[edit] Proprietary
- Adobe Acrobat – Adobe's desktop PDF creator, commercial
- Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator – Adobe's server-based PDF generator, commercial
- Adobe Reader – Adobe's PDF reader, offered at no cost
- Foxit Reader – another PDF viewer, also offered at no cost
- PDFNet SDK – PDF library for reading, writing, editing, printing and viewing PDFs
- RasterMaster – viewer and conversion toolkit
- txt2pdf – old textual reports to nice pdfs converter
- Crionics jPDF – Java components for PDF manupulations
- Qoppa Software – Java libraries and components for viewing, printing, creating and modifying PDF documents.
[edit] X11/Motif
[edit] Linux
- CUPS – printing system, can export to PDF
- Evince – viewer (for GNOME)
- flpsed – annotator
- GPdf – viewer (for GNOME, replaced by Evince)
- gv – part of Ghostscript
- KPDF – viewer (for KDE)
- Foxit Reader – viewer
- Poppler – library for viewing
- Xpdf – viewer (for X Window System)
- PDFedit – editor
- PDF Studio – viewer, annotator, scan to PDF
[edit] Mac OS X
- Preview – Apple's default PDF viewer
- ColorSync Utility – Apple's image utility
- PDFView – free, lightweight viewer
- PDF-Office Professional – commercial PDF form creation software
[edit] Windows
- ABBYY PDF Transformer – shareware creator and converter
- ABCpdf – proprietary library for creation, manipulation and rendering
- Brava Reader – no-cost, proprietary viewer
- CAD-KAS PDF Reader proprietary freeware PDF reader and commercial writer
- CutePDF – adware converter
- Docudesk deskPDF Professional – shareware PDF writer for printing PDFs
- Docudesk deskUNPDF – shareware PDF converter for opening PDFs in Word
- doPDF – freeware Free PDF converter, doesn't use Ghostscript
- Foxit Reader – freeware proprietary viewer
- Gnostice PDFToolkit – shareware Complete toolkit with PDF embedding functionality in Application development[basically a library]
- NitroPDF – proprietary, commercial viewer, creator, editor and converter
- novaPDF – shareware PDF creator
- pdfFactory – proprietary, commercial low cost creator and converter
- PDF995 – proprietary, commercial low cost creator and toolkit
- PDF FLY – commercial converter to vector, bitmap, ascii formats; batch & DLL
- PDF-Office Professional – proprietary, commercial PDF form creation software
- PDF Converter – proprietary, commercial viewer, creator and converter
- PDFCreator – free creator (FOSS)
- PrimoPDF – free creator / PDF printer driver ( No adverts )
- Amyuni PDF Converter and Creator – proprietary, commercial creator and converter
- sharpPDF – C# PDF library.
- SolidConverter – (Shareware) PDF creator and converter
- Sumatra PDF – Open source PDF viewer for windows
[edit] External links
- PDF at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
- PDF software at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
