Stirling-Tools / Stirling-PDF

Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform 
Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
## Key Capabilities
- **Everywhere you work** - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
- **50+ PDF tools** - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
- **Automation & workflows** - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
- **Enterprise‑grade** - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
- **Developer platform** - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
- **Global UI** - Interface available in 40+ languages.
For a full feature list, see the docs: **https://docs.stirlingpdf.com**
## Quick Start
 [code] 
Then open: http://localhost:8080
For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.
## Resources
- **Documentation**
- **Homepage**
- **API Docs**
- **Server Plan & Enterprise**
## Support
- **Community**: Discord
- **Bug Reports**: GitHub Issues
## Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run `task dev` to get started running the editor, run `task` to see the most common commands, or see the Developer Guide for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
## License
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.