# PDF Arranger (open-source PDF tool)

> PDF Arranger is a free, open-source PDF tool for Windows and Linux. Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split PDF documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical… It has 5,956 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Adobe Acrobat.

PDF Arranger is a small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split PDF documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface. It is a front end for pikepdf.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 5,956 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Adobe Acrobat |
| Use it as | PDF editor |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | PDF editors & tools |
| Latest release | 1.14.0 (May 23, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger

### Snap (Linux)

```sh
snap install pdfarranger
```

Package page: https://snapcraft.io/pdfarranger

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