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Stirling PDF
Ranking score 95.2/100
Self-hosted PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, and converting files.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 24, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 95,061
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Stirling PDF Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity95061 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
PDF Arranger
Ranking score 75.3/100
Desktop tool for reordering, merging, and cropping PDF pages.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- linux, windows
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release May 23, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 5,996
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for PDF Arranger Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 25 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity5996 GitHub stars 16.1 20% Feature coverage2 of 6 curated capability tags covered 6.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
LibreOffice Draw
Ranking score 74.2/100
Vector drawing and PDF editing bundled with the office suite.
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Not available
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for LibreOffice Draw Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 31.8 45.5% Repository activityNo repository metadata; activity unavailable (not enough data) — 0% PopularityNo repository metadata; traction unavailable (not enough data) — 0% Feature coverage8 of 12 curated capability tags covered 24.2 36.4% Costfree pricing model 18.2 18.2% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.