PDFManager

A planned local PDF workbench, described without pretending the feature list is shipped.

Updated 2026-07-31 Status: Concept

Intended scope

The intended product may eventually cover:

  • combine and split documents;
  • reorder, rotate, and delete pages;
  • compression and conversion;
  • forms and signatures;
  • redaction;
  • OCR; and
  • text-to-speech.

That list is a product direction, not a list of available features.

Implemented scope

The current public material does not establish which of those functions are implemented in a usable build. No current release, source repository, supported-platform statement, test-document set, or end-to-end demonstration is linked from this page. The implemented subset is therefore not proven.

Limitations and next proof

Do not use PDFManager as a replacement for a subscription PDF product yet. Before a public alpha, the project needs a product dossier, a real build, documented document-handling and privacy behavior, supported platforms, recovery behavior, screenshots, test documents, a complete demonstration, source, and its MIT license file.

PDFManager belongs to underplain's free-of-charge, source-available, MIT-licensed model when published. It will not use a crippled paid edition or hide document ownership behind a subscription tier.