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Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF
#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
Stars
91,237
Forks
8,278
Watchers: 91,237
Language
License: Other
Repository Radar Score
66 / 100
Growth
- 7d
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- 0.0%
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Score breakdown
- popularity 91
- growth 0
- activity 100
- freshness 100
- community 90
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Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
- Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
- 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
- Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
- Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
- Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
- Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.
For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com
docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdfThen open: http://localhost:8080
For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.
- Community: Discord
- Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run task dev to get started running the editor, run task to see the most common commands, or see the Developer Guide for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.
Languages
Share of the codebase by language, based on repository metadata from the host.
- Java 46.0%
- TypeScript 44.8%
- Python 3.9%
- CSS 2.4%
- Shell 0.8%
- JavaScript 0.6%
- Gherkin 0.6%
- Rust 0.4%
- HTML 0.3%
- Dockerfile 0.2%
- Rich Text Format 0.1%
- Groovy 0.1%
- Jinja 0.0%
- PowerShell 0.0%
Repository Radar analysis
Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.
Why this repository is interesting
- High absolute popularity (91,237 stars) signals broad adoption.
- Maintained recently (last push 2 weeks ago).
Who should use it
- Developers working primarily with Java
- Platform and DevOps engineers
Potential use cases
- Reference or evaluate Java open-source approaches in this domain
- Evaluate automation, CI/CD, or infrastructure patterns
Strengths
- Recent repository activity
- README present in our index
- Declared license: Other
- Substantial fork count (8,278) suggests reuse and contribution interest
Limitations / considerations
- Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review
What to watch
- Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption
Strong signals: Strong community interest · Active maintenance
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