Overview
PdfCraft is ArtCraft's open source PDF workbench. It focuses on reading, searching, rearranging, combining, and splitting PDFs, with early alpha builds for desktop and web.
About
PdfCraft is for the routine work that piles up around PDF files. It can display and search documents, let you select text, rearrange pages, and combine or split files. The project also describes encrypted PDF support and saves designed to avoid damaging an existing document.
The current build is labeled early alpha. ArtCraft offers installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus a browser build that can be hosted separately. If your work depends on advanced forms, signatures, or complex annotations, test those specific files before treating it as an Acrobat replacement.
Good for
- — Reading and searching local PDF files.
- — Reordering, combining, and splitting pages.
- — Trying a free PDF tool without a cloud account.
Limitations
- — The project labels PdfCraft early alpha.
- — Its current feature page does not establish full Acrobat Pro feature coverage.
