List of PDF software

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This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage PDF documents. There is also a Wikipedia category for individual PDF software articles.

[edit] Multi-platform

[edit] Converters

  • PdfTeX – converter (from TeX)
  • Prince – PDF formatter using XML or HTML with CSS and SVG as input
  • pstoedit – PostScript to (other) vector file format converter
  • XeTeX – a TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents

[edit] Development libraries

  • cairo – a Vector drawing library which can create PDF documents
  • iText – a Java-based library for the creation, editing and conversion of PDF files
  • PDF Clown – an open source library for creating and manipulating PDF files in Java 1.5 and C# 2.0
  • Poppler – a library for viewing (with cairo or depending on X11 (as Xpdf))
  • ReportLab – an open-source, Python-based PDF creation library from ReportLab

[edit] Creators

  • Adobe Acrobat – Adobe Systems' commercial desktop PDF authoring suite
  • Adobe FreeHand – Vector-based illustration creation and editing of multipage documents; opens, edits and exports Adobe PDF up to version 1.4
  • Adobe Illustrator – ability to open, edit, and save single-page PDF figures natively
  • Adobe Photoshop – ability to save images as PDF
  • Ghostscript – viewer, creator and converter
  • Inkscape – open, edit and export documents, Inkscape is free software
  • Pdftk – command-line tools to create, edit and convert documents

[edit] Viewers

  • Adobe Reader – Adobe's PDF reader, offered at no cost
  • Foxit Reader – free viewer for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and mobile devices

[edit] Gnu/Linux/UNIX

[edit] Converters

  • CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) – supports exporting to PDF formats

[edit] Creators

  • PDFedit – a free software (GPL) for viewing or editing the internal structures of PDF documents.
  • Xournal – an open source program which also supports annotating pdf files

[edit] Viewers

  • Evince – the default PDF and file viewer for GNOME; replaces GPdf
  • GPdf – a PDFviewer for GNOME; replaced by Evince
  • gv – a file viewer program included with the multi-platform Ghostscript package
  • KPDF – a PDF reader for the K Desktop Environment; replaced by Okular in KDE 4
  • Okular – universal viewer for KDE; replaces KPDF
  • Xpdf – a PDF viewer for the X Window System

[edit] Mac OS X

[edit] Converters

[edit] Viewers

  • Preview – Mac OS X's default PDF viewer (in v10.5 it also can annotate, rearrange pages, and merge PDF files)
  • Adobe Reader – Adobe Reader is also available on the Mac platform.
  • Safari – Apple's web browser supports in-line PDF viewing.
  • Skim – an open source PDF reader and note-taker for Mac OS X

[edit] Microsoft Windows

[edit] Converters

  • ABBYY PDF Transformer – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from ABBYY
  • CutePDF Writer – freeware PDF converter from Acro Software
  • deskPDF Standard and Professional – commercial PDF converter applications from Docudesk
  • novaPDF – a shareware PDF virtual networkable printer application from Softland
  • Nuance PDF Converter – a commercial, proprietary PDF viewing, editing & conversion tool from Nuance Communications
  • PDFCreator – a freeware open-source virtual printer that converts printed data into the PDF file format
  • Zetadocs PDF – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from Equisys

[edit] Creators

  • CutePDF Professional – commercial PDF editor from Acro Software
  • Ecopy Desktop – a commercial PDF imaging editor
  • Nitro PDF – a commercial PDF viewer, creator, editor and converter application from Nitro PDF, Inc.
  • FinePrint pdfFactory; a commercial PDF printer
  • PagePlus X2 – a commercial desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features

[edit] Viewers

[edit] Mobile

[edit] Web-based

[edit] External links

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