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Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
What is Stirling PDF?
Tool for merging, splitting, converting and editing PDF files on any device. It has 95,802 stars on GitHub and ranks #2 in Productivity & Notes. You can host it on your own server and keep your data.
GitHub description: #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere
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