Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 84
- Longevity 93
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3.0
- age_days: 1314
- days_rel: 27
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 101
Adoption not part of the score
90501 stars · 8207 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Stirling PDF is an open-source, self-hostable PDF platform offering 50-60+ tools for editing, merging, splitting, signing, redacting, converting, OCR, and compressing PDFs via a web UI, desktop app, and REST API. It runs in Docker or on your own servers so documents never leave your infrastructure, with pipeline automation for batch processing.
Use cases
- merge and split pdf files
- ocr scanned pdf documents
- redact sensitive info from pdfs
- convert pdfs to other formats
- sign pdf documents
- batch process thousands of pdfs with pipelines
- self-hosted pdf editor for privacy
- compress large pdf files
When to choose
- you need a private, self-hosted alternative to online PDF tools
- you want to automate PDF workflows via REST API or no-code pipelines
- you handle sensitive documents that must not leave your servers
- you need a wide range of PDF operations in one tool
- you want enterprise features like SSO and audit logs
When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight command-line PDF utility
- you want a fully free hosted service without self-hosting
- you need deep PDF form-filling or design features of commercial editors
- you cannot run Docker or a Java server
Facets
application · maturity active
pdf ocr image-processing workflow-automation self-hosted developer-tools pdf files self-hosted developer-tools web-development self-hosted cross-platform pdf-editor pdf-manipulation pdf-conversion document-processing rest-api java web-app docker web-server desktop kubernetes
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF · fetched 2026-08-28 · d0ebe6cfd9f8
- homepage: https://stirling.com · fetched 2026-08-28 · 15399d1beb91
- site_page: https://www.stirling.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-28 · ab89a913fa1d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF | main | 93 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF")
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