Stirling-PDF
Stirling-PDF is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Document Management category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat and ships a Docker image. It has 95,029 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Document Management
- TypeScript
- Apache-2.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 95,029
- Forks
- 10,620
- Open issues
- 345
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,068
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.2.2Oct 24, 2026
- Created
- Jan 27, 2023
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,068 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors6 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,068 |
| Latest release | v3.2.2 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 193 |
| Open issues | 345 |
| Open pull requests | 177 |
| Good first issues | 6 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 27, 2023 |
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About Stirling-PDF
Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.
Topics
- docker
- java
- pdf-converter
- pdf-manipulation
- pdf-merger
- pdf-tools
- pdf-web-apps
- pdf-ocr
- pdfmerger
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Is Stirling-PDF free and open source?
Yes. Stirling-PDF is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Stirling-PDF with Docker?
Yes. Stirling-PDF provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Stirling-PDF?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Stirling-PDF include Paperless-ngx, Docuseal and BentoPDF. Stirling-PDF itself is a self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
Is Stirling-PDF actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Stirling-PDF was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,068 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.2.2, published Oct 24, 2026. It had 345 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.