Open-source PDF platform to edit, convert, OCR, sign, redact, and automate PDF workflows via a web UI and REST API.
90.5k stars8.2k forkslast commit Actively maintained
7 self-hosted PDF.co alternatives
Cloud PDF API platform offering REST APIs to create, convert, edit, merge and extract data from PDFs and documents. Includes OCR, form processing, PDF generation and document automation for integration into apps and workflows.
Alternatives to PDF.co
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ConvertX is a self-hosted web file converter supporting 1000+ formats across documents, images, audio/video, ebooks, and 3D assets, with multi-file processing and accounts.
18.6k stars1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
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Self-hostable, privacy-first PDF toolkit that runs fully in the browser for editing, merging, converting, and processing PDFs without server-side uploads.
14.8k stars1.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Gotenberg is a containerized HTTP API that converts HTML, Markdown, and Office documents to PDF using engines like Chromium and LibreOffice, with options to merge and automate outputs.
12.9k stars846 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted web UI for file conversion, OCR for PDFs/images, and local Whisper-based audio transcription, wrapping common CLI tools with background jobs and history.
1.1k stars72 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
Open-source platform for guided web interviews that collect user input, run logic, and generate documents (PDF, DOCX, RTF) or integrate with external services via APIs.
984 stars309 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Go-based self-hosted web archiver for personal/home use. Saves pages as PDF, captures HTTP headers, and stores single-file HTML. Provides a REST API and optional web UI.
197 stars5 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Slowing down
What replacing PDF.co actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, BSD-3-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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