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Multi-platform

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

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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

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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

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Viewers

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

Adobe Acrobat Reader running on Debian Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems Portable Document Format. ... “Foxit” redirects here. ...

GNU/Linux/UNIX

Converters

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

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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

PDFedit is a free PDF editor for Unix-like operating systems (including Cygwin on top of Windows). ... Xournal is an application similar to Microsoft Journal, jarnal and gournal, written for Linux. ...

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

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Mac OS X

Converters

• deskUNPDF for Mac – commercial application from Docudesk for converting PDF files to the Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org file formats

Docudesk offers commercial PDF software for creating and converting portable document format (PDF) files. ... Microsoft Office is an office suite from Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems. ... OpenOffice. ...

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

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Microsoft Windows

Converters

• ABBYY PDF Transformer – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from ABBYY
• CutePDF Writer – freeware PDF converter from Acro Software
• deskUNPDF 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

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Creators

• CutePDF Professional – commercial PDF editor from Acro Software
• deskPDF Standard and Professional – commercial PDF converter applications from Docudesk
• 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

CutePDF is a proprietary Portable Document Format converter/editor for Microsoft Windows developed by Acro Software. ... Docudesk offers commercial PDF software for creating and converting portable document format (PDF) files. ... Docudesk offers commercial PDF software for creating and converting portable document format (PDF) files. ... eCopy, Inc. ... PagePlus is a desktop publishing (page layout) program developed by Serif. ...

Viewers

• Sumatra PDF – an open source PDF viewer

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Mobile

• Adobe Reader – a PDF viewer from Adobe Systems for Symbian, Palm, and Pocket PC mobile devices
• Picsel File Viewer

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Web-based

Pdffiller.com – a commercial PDF viewer, editor, printer with faxing ability from Pdffiller.com.

External links

• PDF at the Open Directory Project
• PDF software at the Open Directory Project
• Windows Tools and Drivers at the Open Directory Project