List of PDF software

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Contents 1 Multi-platform 1.1 Converters 1.2 Development libraries 1.3 Creators 1.4 Viewers 2 Gnu/Linux/UNIX 2.1 Converters 2.2 Creators 2.3 Viewers 3 Mac OS X 3.1 Converters 3.2 Viewers 4 Microsoft Windows 4.1 Converters 4.2 Creators 4.3 Viewers 5 Mobile 6 Web-based 7 External links

This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage PDF documents. There is also a Wikipedia category for individual PDF software articles.

[edit] Multi-platform

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Viewers

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

[edit] Gnu/Linux/UNIX

[edit] Converters

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Mac OS X

[edit] Converters

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Microsoft Windows

[edit] Converters

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

[edit] Creators

• CutePDF Professional – commercial PDF editor from Acro Software
• 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

[edit] Viewers

• Sumatra PDF – an open source PDF viewer

[edit] Mobile

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

[edit] Web-based

[edit] External links

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