# Open-source alternatives to Adobe Acrobat

> Adobe Acrobat: Adobe's PDF software for viewing, editing, converting, signing and organizing PDF files. The best self-hosted, open-source alternatives are Stirling-PDF, BentoPDF and Docuseal. All of them can run on your own server, so your data stays under your control. All 6 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Commercial product | Adobe Acrobat |
| Category | Document Management |
| Alternatives listed | 6 |
| Top pick | Stirling-PDF (93,634 stars, Apache-2.0) |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/alternatives/adobe-acrobat |

## Alternatives, in recommended order

- [Stirling-PDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/stirling-pdf): Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. (93,634 stars, Apache-2.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [BentoPDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/bentopdf): Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. (15,844 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Docuseal](https://appsgit.com/apps/docuseal): Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign). (18,658 stars, AGPL-3.0, Ruby, Docker)
- [Documenso](https://appsgit.com/apps/documenso): Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign). (15,336 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Signature PDF](https://appsgit.com/apps/signature-pdf): Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing. (827 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Gotenberg](https://appsgit.com/apps/gotenberg): Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more. (13,228 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)

More in this category: [Document Management](https://appsgit.com/categories/document-management)

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