Description:
PDF utility
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 2.4.6@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 18, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Productivity
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Tags:
pdf
productivity
self-hosted
web-app
document-management
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Install:
brew install --cask stirling-pdf
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About:
Stirling PDF is a robust, locally-hosted web application for advanced PDF manipulation. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for splitting, merging, converting, and securing documents without sending data to external servers. This self-contained utility prioritizes privacy and security, making it ideal for handling sensitive information.
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Key Features:
- Privacy-focused local processing
- Comprehensive tool suite (split, merge, convert, OCR)
- Web-based user interface
- Self-hosted deployment
- Multi-format conversion support
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Use Cases:
- Securely merging or splitting sensitive documents locally
- Converting PDFs to/from various formats (Word, images, HTML)
- Adding passwords, watermarks, or digital signatures to PDFs
- Performing OCR on scanned PDF documents
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Alternatives:
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qpdf
– Command-line tool focused on structural PDF manipulation, lacks GUI and broad feature set
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Adobe Acrobat
– Proprietary, subscription-based, requires cloud processing for many features
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Sejda
– Online service with desktop version, but free tier has limitations and privacy concerns
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Version |
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Change |
Commit |
| Feb 12, 2026 1:48am |
2.4.6 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
ecd28f36 |
| Feb 7, 2026 1:43am |
2.4.5 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
a0f321bd |
| Feb 5, 2026 1:37am |
2.4.4 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
20ed3df6 |
| Feb 1, 2026 1:50am |
2.4.3 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
36fdad0e |
| Jan 30, 2026 1:52am |
2.4.2 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
948ae051 |
| Jan 29, 2026 1:49am |
2.4.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
0d68cbd9 |
| Jan 24, 2026 1:44am |
2.4.0 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
79fdfcbe |
| Jan 22, 2026 1:55am |
2.3.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
566b6bc1 |
| Jan 15, 2026 11:15pm |
2.3.0 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
56c696f1 |
| Jan 12, 2026 10:32pm |
2.2.1 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
2a98e39a |
| Jan 10, 2026 1:45am |
2.2.0 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
1ddb41a8 |
| Dec 18, 2025 11:00pm |
2.1.4 |
0 |
VERSION_BUMP |
6e470c04 |
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