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Replaces Adobe AcrobatPDF reader and editorLicense: Apache-2.0
Source code on GitHubOfficial site: getartcraft.com

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Latest version 0.15.0, released 2026-10-28

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    pdfcraft-web-0.15.0.zip

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What PdfCraft is

In one or two sentences, before anything else.

PdfCraft is a free, open-source PDF app from the ArtCraft team (GitHub: storytold), a clean-room rebuild of Adobe Acrobat in Rust. It reads, searches, organizes, combines, splits and password-protects PDFs and handles comments and forms, with no account or telemetry, on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and the web. The project calls it alpha.

Main features

What it can do, one sentence each, and whether we actually tested it.

  • Careful page rendering

    Renders kerning and ligatures, right-to-left and complex scripts, vertical CJK, colour emoji, shadings, blend modes, soft masks and optional content. Large pages render in tiles, so text stays sharp at any zoom.

    Pages are drawn by the hayro crate while the project builds its own renderer (README).

  • Reading, search and navigation

    Continuous, single-page and two-up layouts, full screen, a distraction-free Read mode and light and dark themes. Find-as-you-type search, text that copies in reading order (including columns, right-to-left and CJK), bookmarks, thumbnails and the document's own page labels.

  • Organize pages

    Rotate, delete and move pages, insert blank pages or pages from another file, and undo any step, even after saving.

  • Combine, extract and split

    Merges any number of PDFs with one bookmark per file, copies selected pages into a new document, and splits every n pages or before chosen pages, keeping links, form fields, layers and attachments.

  • Passwords and permissions

    Implements the PDF standard security handler, from 40-bit RC4 to AES-256, with user and owner passwords. Restrictions set by the author are shown and honoured, and edits to encrypted files are saved encrypted under the same keys.

  • Comments, forms, layers and attachments

    Threaded comments, form fields with their values, layers you can switch on and off, and attachments you can open or save. The README's 'Good today' list also names filling and authoring forms, redaction and basic digital signatures.

    Full XFA forms are listed as thin or missing.

  • Safe saves, no account

    Every save appends changes and leaves the original bytes untouched, writes are atomic, work autosaves every minute and crash recovery is offered on the next start. There is no account, no telemetry and no cloud processing.

  • Command line and AI agents

    The pdfcraft-cli tool inspects, renders, extracts text, edits, combines and splits PDFs, and an opt-in MCP server lets AI agents use the same tools.

    The MCP server never starts on its own and opens no network port.

Who it is for

The people it helps and the problems it solves, and where it ranks.

Built for

  • People who merge, split and reorder PDFs and don't want to upload them to a website
  • Linux and FreeBSD users who want a native PDF app
  • Office workers who receive password-protected PDFs and PDF forms
  • Developers and AI-agent users who run PDF jobs from scripts

Problems it solves

  • Combining several PDFs into one, or splitting a long one, without an account or cloud service
  • Rotating, deleting or inserting pages without damaging the original file
  • Opening encrypted PDFs and filling in forms
  • Running the same PDF steps from a script, a CI job or an AI agent

What it is good at

What the project's documentation says you can do with it.

  1. Case 1

    Per the README: combine several PDFs into one.

    Input

    report.pdf and appendix.pdf merged with Combine files, or `pdfcraft-cli combine report.pdf appendix.pdf --out combined.pdf`.

    What the docs say

    The README says each file gets a bookmark with its own bookmarks nested under it, links and form fields keep working, and every page of the combined document renders pixel-identical to its source. Caveat: the project says quality has not yet been compared with Acrobat side by side.

  2. Case 2

    Per the README: pull selected pages out of a PDF or split it into parts.

    Input

    `pdfcraft-cli extract report.pdf --pages 1,3,5-8 --out highlights.pdf`, or `pdfcraft-cli split report.pdf --every 10 --out-dir parts/`.

    What the docs say

    The README says Extract copies the chosen pages into a new document and Split divides it every n pages or before chosen pages, with links, layers and attachments carried along. Caveat: the README notes that fuzzing still turns up crashes and hangs on hostile files.

  3. Case 3

    Per the README: open a password-protected PDF and fill in its form.

    Input

    An encrypted PDF form opened with its password, its text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons filled in, then saved.

    What the docs say

    The README says PdfCraft supports every revision of the standard security handler, shows and honours the author's restrictions, and saves edits to encrypted documents encrypted under the same keys; filling and authoring forms is on its 'Good today' list. Caveat: full XFA forms are listed as thin or missing.

  4. Case 4

    Per the README: let an AI agent work on PDFs through the opt-in MCP server.

    Input

    { "mcpServers": { "pdfcraft": { "command": "pdfcraft-cli", "args": ["mcp", "--root", "/path/to/your/pdfs"] } } }

    What the docs say

    The README says the server runs only while an agent launches pdfcraft-cli mcp, talks over stdin/stdout and opens no network port, and --root confines every file the agent can read or write to one directory. Edits stay in memory and can be undone until doc_save. Caveat: on Windows the release has no separate command-line download; Linux and macOS do.

Where it falls short

What it does badly, with the evidence, and what we could not settle.

Weak

Weak

  • Alpha software: people who must edit existing text reliably, convert Office files to PDF, or OCR scans in Chinese or other non-Latin scripts should not switch from Acrobat yet.

    Evidence: The README calls PdfCraft alpha and lists as thin or missing: reliable editing of existing text (especially CJK and right-to-left), OCR beyond Latin script, Office import and export, signature tokens and online long-term validation, Preflight and PDF/X/UA, physical printer fidelity and full XFA forms.

  • Converting and sharing is weak.

    Evidence: README: there is no Office-to-PDF, and Word export loses layout. Both are first on the project's 'Next' list.

  • OCR reads only Latin letters without accents.

    Evidence: docs/gaps.md, gap 7: the OCR models read only the Latin alphabet without accents, so scanned Chinese text can't be recognized yet.

  • The Chinese interface can show empty boxes in release builds.

    Evidence: docs/gaps.md, gap 5, citing issues #826, #688, #728, #758 and #689 (Flatpak): release builds lack a Simplified Chinese interface font. The README lists the Chinese interface font among the next fixes.

  • Hostile or broken files can still crash it.

    Evidence: README: fuzzing still turns up crashes and hangs on hostile files, and each one is fixed with a regression test.

Uncertain

Uncertain

  • How closely pages match what Acrobat shows.

    Why unsure: The README says quality has not yet been compared with Acrobat side by side, and pages are drawn by the hayro crate while PdfCraft's own renderer is built; the gap list calls rendering fidelity unmeasured.

  • How PdfCraft handles your own real-world files.

    Why unsure: The project's figures come from the 983-file pdf.js test corpus: 963 open and render cleanly with 0 crashes, and 958 survive an open, edit and save round trip. We have not opened any files ourselves.

  • Speed with very large PDFs.

    Why unsure: docs/gaps.md lists performance budgets and lazy loading of very large files as open work (gap 13).

License, formats and platforms

The facts, each with its source and the date we checked it.

SpecValueNote and source
Price0 USD

Free and open source

Source: github.comchecked

LicenseMIT or Apache-2.0

Dual-licensed, at your option

Source: github.comchecked

GitHub repositorystorytold/pdfcraft

Source code and official builds; on GitHub since 30 September 2026. Not the same project as PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft or oomol-lab/pdf-craft.

Source: github.comchecked

StageAlpha

The project's own label, October 2026

Source: github.comchecked

PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, web

Windows x64, x86 and ARM64; macOS universal; Linux x86_64 and ARM64, plus RISC-V tarballs

Source: github.comchecked

Linux requirementglibc 2.35 or newer

Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+, RHEL 10; RISC-V builds need glibc 2.39

Source: github.comchecked

Code signingWindows: Azure Trusted Signing, Learning Machines Inc; macOS: Developer ID Learning Machines LLC, notarized

Source: github.comchecked

PDF encryption40-bit RC4 to AES-256

Standard security handler, user and owner passwords

Source: github.comchecked

Account and telemetryNone

Works offline; documents never leave your machine, per the README

Source: github.comchecked

Interface languagesEnglish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and others

Menu › Edit › Preferences… › Interface language; Auto follows the system language

Source: github.comchecked

Automationpdfcraft-cli, opt-in MCP server, Rust API

Source: github.comchecked

Common questions

Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.

Where is PdfCraft on GitHub?

PdfCraft from the ArtCraft team is on GitHub at github.com/storytold/pdfcraft, which holds its source code and, under Releases, every official build.

Why

The README names github.com/storytold/pdfcraft as PdfCraft's source and getartcraft.com/apps/pdfcraft as its web page, and the download buttons on this page link to files in that repository's releases. The repository is written in Rust and has been on GitHub since 30 September 2026.

Limits

Two other projects with almost the same name come up in the same searches and are not this app: PDFCraft at github.com/PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft, a PDF toolkit that runs in the browser, and PDF Craft at github.com/oomol-lab/pdf-craft, a Python library from OOMOL Lab that turns scanned PDFs into Markdown or EPUB.

Next step

If you meant one of the other two, go to its repository above; for this PdfCraft, use the download box at the top of this page.

Is PdfCraft free?

PdfCraft is free to download and use, and its code is open source under your choice of the MIT or Apache-2.0 license.

Why

The README states the dual license and says there is no account, no telemetry and no cloud processing.

Is PdfCraft safe to download?

PdfCraft's official builds come from the storytold/pdfcraft GitHub releases, and the README says they are signed. Windows MSIs and executables are signed through Azure Trusted Signing with a certificate issued to Learning Machines Inc, and the macOS app and command-line tool with the Developer ID Learning Machines LLC (DJ6XS33FX8), then notarized.

Limits

Code signing tells you who built the file; it is not a security audit of the app.

Next step

SHA256SUMS.txt lists a checksum for every file; on Windows, `Get-FileHash <file> -Algorithm SHA256` shows the one to compare. The README also names the PdfCraft page on getartcraft.com as an official download point.

Does PdfCraft have a Chinese version?

PdfCraft has a Chinese interface: Simplified or Traditional Chinese can be picked under Interface language, but release builds can show some Chinese text as empty boxes.

Why

docs/localization.md lists 简体中文 and 繁體中文 under Menu › Edit › Preferences… › Interface language, and Auto follows the system language. The gap list says release builds lack a Simplified Chinese interface font (gap 5); the localization notes say the desktop app borrows a Chinese font already on the computer, such as Microsoft YaHei on Windows or PingFang on macOS, while the web build has none to borrow.

Next step

If labels show boxes, switch the interface to English in Preferences. The README lists the Chinese interface font among the next fixes.

Is PdfCraft the same as PDFCraft from PDFCraftTool?

PdfCraft from ArtCraft and PDFCraft from PDFCraftTool are two different projects that share a name.

Why

The PdfCraft on this page is a native desktop and web app written in Rust, at github.com/storytold/pdfcraft, under MIT or Apache-2.0. PDFCraft at github.com/PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft describes itself as a privacy-focused PDF toolkit that runs entirely in the browser; it is built with Next.js and WebAssembly, licensed AGPL-3.0, and has its own website, pdfcraft.devtoolcafe.com. When we checked on 17 October 2026, its GitHub releases also offered desktop builds for Windows, macOS (Apple silicon) and Linux, so a desktop download alone doesn't tell the two apart.

Next step

Check that the page you download from is github.com/storytold/pdfcraft or the box on this page; file names alone don't tell the two apart, because both projects publish files that start with "pdfcraft". If PDFCraftTool's browser toolkit is what you were looking for, its repository is github.com/PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft.

Can PdfCraft edit PDF text and convert PDF to Word?

PdfCraft is still weak at editing existing PDF text and converting to Word, though by its own account comments, forms and page organizing work well.

Why

The README lists reliable editing of existing text (especially CJK and right-to-left) as thin or missing, and says there is no Office-to-PDF and that Word export loses layout.

Next step

Office-to-PDF and a Word export that keeps layout are first on the project's 'Next' list.

How does PdfCraft compare with Adobe Acrobat?

PdfCraft has most of Acrobat Pro's offline features in some form but is not yet a full replacement, by the project's own estimate.

Why

The README (October 2026) says 57% of all tracked features and 94% of the must-haves exist. It puts PdfCraft about 55% of the way to replacing Acrobat for everyday work, 49% against all of Acrobat Pro, and 66% for someone who only needs the essentials.

Limits

The figures are the project's own, quality has not been compared with Acrobat side by side.

How to install PdfCraft

Step by step for each system, plus the fixes the project documents for common problems.

Windows

  1. Click Download for Windows at the top of this page. You get the x64 installer, pdfcraft-<version>-windows-x64.msi, which suits most Windows PCs with Intel or AMD processors.
  2. Double-click the .msi and follow the installer. It installs for all users, so it needs administrator rights.
  3. The installer adds Edit with PdfCraft to the right-click menu of PDF files and Create PDF with PdfCraft… to the right-click menu of images (on Windows 11, under Show more options). It doesn't change which app opens PDFs by default.
  4. ARM PCs (Snapdragon and others) and 32-bit Windows have their own installers under Other downloads: windows-arm64.msi and windows-x86.msi. Use the one for your architecture.
  5. To run PdfCraft without installing it, download pdfcraft-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip from Other downloads, unzip it in any folder (a USB stick works) and run pdfcraft.exe. Its portable.txt keeps settings, logs and crash recovery in a PdfCraftData folder next to the program.
  6. To update, download the new MSI from this page and run it. The README says an upgrade keeps the shortcut and right-click menu entries you already have.
  7. The README says the MSIs and executables are signed through Azure Trusted Signing with a certificate issued to Learning Machines Inc; Installed apps shows the publisher as Learning Machines LLC.
  8. For IT admins: msiexec /i "pdfcraft-<version>-windows-x64.msi" /qn /norestart INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0, run from an elevated terminal, installs silently without a desktop shortcut.
  9. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

If something goes wrong

PdfCraft closes at launch or shows no window on an older graphics card.
docs/development.md says PdfCraft draws with wgpu and, when that fails before the app starts, starts again with OpenGL on its own. To start with OpenGL from the beginning, open PowerShell in the folder with pdfcraft.exe, run $env:PDFCRAFT_RENDERER = "gl", then & .\pdfcraft.exe.
Chinese labels show as empty boxes.
Choose English under Menu › Edit › Preferences… › Interface language. The project lists the missing Chinese interface font as a known gap (docs/gaps.md, gap 5).
You need a log file for a bug report.
PdfCraft writes pdfcraft.log to %APPDATA%\PdfCraft\data\logs\, or to the PdfCraftData folder next to pdfcraft.exe in the portable version. The previous run's log is kept as pdfcraft.1.log.

macOS

  1. Click Download for macOS at the top of this page. You get pdfcraft-<version>-macos-universal.dmg, a single build for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
  2. Double-click the .dmg to open it, then drag PdfCraft into your Applications folder.
  3. Open PdfCraft from Applications. The README says the app is signed with the Developer ID Learning Machines LLC (DJ6XS33FX8) and notarized.
  4. If you also want the command-line tool, pdfcraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal.zip under Other downloads is signed and notarized too.
  5. To change the interface language, press Command-comma to open Preferences and pick a language under Interface language.
  6. When a new version comes out, the download box on this page shows it. The README describes no in-app updater for macOS.
  7. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

If something goes wrong

Chinese labels show as empty boxes.
Choose English under Menu › Edit › Preferences… › Interface language. The project lists the missing Chinese interface font as a known gap (docs/gaps.md, gap 5).
You need a log file for a bug report.
PdfCraft writes pdfcraft.log to ~/Library/Application Support/PdfCraft/logs/. The previous run's log is kept as pdfcraft.1.log.

Linux

  1. Click Download for Linux at the top of this page. You get the AppImage, pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, which the README says runs anywhere without installing. ARM64 machines take the aarch64 AppImage from Other downloads.
  2. The README says every Linux build except RISC-V needs glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+ or RHEL 10.
  3. Make the file executable, then start it: chmod +x pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, then ./pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage.
  4. The AppImage can update itself with AppImageUpdate, which uses the .zsync files published with each release.
  5. On Debian or Ubuntu you can install the .deb instead: sudo apt install ./pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.deb.
  6. On Fedora or RHEL, install the .rpm: sudo dnf install ./pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm. The README lists the same .rpm for openSUSE.
  7. For a sandboxed install, download the .flatpak file and run flatpak install --user pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak.
  8. The .tar.gz tarball unpacks anywhere. RISC-V builds come as tarballs, are cross-compiled and need glibc 2.39 or newer (Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13+).
  9. For servers, CI and AI agents there is pdfcraft-cli-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: the command-line tool alone, with its opt-in MCP server.
  10. On Gentoo, the community ::snakebyte overlay packages the release as app-text/pdfcraft-bin. It is community-maintained, not by the PdfCraft team; the commands are in the README.
  11. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

If something goes wrong

PdfCraft closes at launch or shows no window.
docs/development.md says PdfCraft retries with OpenGL on its own when wgpu can't start. To start with OpenGL from the beginning, run PDFCRAFT_RENDERER=gl ./pdfcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage.
Chinese labels show as empty boxes, including in the Flatpak.
Choose English under Menu › Edit › Preferences… › Interface language. The project tracks the missing Chinese interface font as gap 5 in docs/gaps.md (#689 for Flatpak).
You need a log file for a bug report.
PdfCraft writes pdfcraft.log to ~/.local/share/pdfcraft/logs/ (or $XDG_DATA_HOME/pdfcraft/logs/). The previous run's log is kept as pdfcraft.1.log.

FreeBSD

  1. Under Other downloads, pick pdfcraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz, the build for 64-bit Intel and AMD machines.
  2. Unpack it with tar -xzf pdfcraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz and start PdfCraft from the unpacked folder.
  3. To install several Craft apps at once, use ArtCraft Launcher.

Web

  1. Under Other downloads, pick pdfcraft-web-<version>.zip, the WebAssembly build.
  2. Unzip it, put the folder on any static web server and open its address in a modern browser. The README says the web build runs in a modern browser and can be hosted on any static server.

More about PdfCraft

What works today

PdfCraft's README describes it as a PDF workbench, and its list of what is good today covers most everyday PDF work: viewing and search; organizing, combining and splitting; most kinds of comment; filling and authoring forms; passwords, redaction and sanitizing; basic digital signatures; printing; an Accessibility Checker; and control by scripts and AI agents.

Pages render with kerning, ligatures, right-to-left and complex scripts, vertical CJK and colour emoji, and large pages render in tiles so text stays sharp. Organize pages shows every page at once for rotating, deleting, inserting and moving, and Combine, Extract and Split keep links, form fields, layers and attachments intact. Encrypted files open with their passwords, the author's restrictions are honoured, and edits are saved encrypted under the same keys.

How it compares with Acrobat

The project measures itself against Adobe Acrobat Pro. In October 2026 the README put PdfCraft at alpha, with 57% of tracked features and 94% of the must-haves in some form, and about 55% of the way to replacing Acrobat for everyday work. Those are the project's own estimates, and it says quality has not yet been compared with Acrobat side by side.

The README is direct about the gaps. Editing existing text is not yet reliable, especially in CJK and right-to-left scripts. There is no Office-to-PDF, and Word export loses layout. OCR reads only the Latin alphabet without accents, so Chinese scans can't be recognized. Pages are still drawn by the hayro crate while PdfCraft's own renderer is built, and fuzzing still finds crashes on hostile files. For Chinese readers there is one more: release builds can show Chinese interface labels as empty boxes.

Privacy and agents

The README says documents never leave your machine, with no account, no telemetry and no cloud processing. The pdfcraft-cli tool and the MCP server for AI agents are opt-in: the server starts only when an agent launches it, opens no network port, and can be confined to one folder with --root. A separate control channel for driving the app is off by default and listens only on loopback with a token.

PdfCraft on GitHub, and two projects with similar names

Three open-source projects on GitHub have almost the same name, and none of their READMEs mentions the others. When we checked them on 17 October 2026:

  • PdfCraft, the app on this page, at storytold/pdfcraft: the ArtCraft team's PDF workbench, a native app written in Rust for Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, with a WebAssembly build that runs in the browser. MIT or Apache-2.0; on GitHub since 30 September 2026.
  • PDFCraft at PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft: a PDF toolkit that runs in the browser, built with Next.js and WebAssembly; its repository description mentions 90+ tools. It has its own website, pdfcraft.devtoolcafe.com, and its releases include desktop builds for Windows, macOS (Apple silicon) and Linux. AGPL-3.0; on GitHub since January 2026.
  • PDF Craft at oomol-lab/pdf-craft, from OOMOL Lab: a Python library that uses OCR models to turn scanned PDFs, such as books and papers, into Markdown or EPUB, and can translate them. Its online service is at pdfcraft.ai. MIT; on GitHub since February 2025.

The download box on this page links only to files published in storytold/pdfcraft.

About the Craft Apps

PdfCraft is one of the Crafting Apps from the ArtCraft team: free, open-source tools written from scratch in Rust, each able to stand on its own, alongside DeckCraft for presentations, PhotoCraft for images and DesignCraft for page layout. Its development notes mention migrating settings from PrintCraft, an earlier name. The code is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0; the ArtCraft name and logos are trademarks outside that license. PdfCraft is not affiliated with Adobe.

Sources

Sources

  1. PdfCraft README (github.com), accessed
  2. PdfCraft repository on GitHub (storytold/pdfcraft) (github.com), accessed
  3. PdfCraft releases on GitHub (github.com), accessed
  4. PdfCraft license (Apache-2.0) (github.com), accessed
  5. Where PdfCraft falls short of Acrobat Pro (docs/gaps.md) (github.com), accessed
  6. Developing PdfCraft: logs, renderer fallback, environment (docs/development.md) (github.com), accessed
  7. PdfCraft interface language (docs/localization.md) (github.com), accessed
  8. PDFCraft by PDFCraftTool, a different project (GitHub) (github.com), accessed
  9. PDFCraft by PDFCraftTool: GitHub releases, including desktop builds (github.com), accessed
  10. PDF Craft by OOMOL Lab, a different project (GitHub) (github.com), accessed
  11. PdfCraft on getartcraft.com (getartcraft.com), accessed

Changelog

Changelog

  1. Added where PdfCraft is on GitHub and how it differs from two projects with similar names, PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft (which also offers desktop builds) and oomol-lab/pdf-craft.
  2. Page created from the project's README and GitHub releases.

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