PDF Arranger
PDF Arranger is a free desktop application for combining and editing PDF pages on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
What PDF Arranger is
PDF Arranger is a free desktop application for combining and editing PDF pages on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its side-by-side page view supports reordering by drag and drop, copy, and paste. You can rotate, delete, duplicate, split, merge, resize, or crop pages, and generate or split booklets. The manual also lists text search and metadata editing. PDF Arranger can bring images into a document as pages and export pages as PDF, PNG, JPEG, or rasterized PDF. Options exist to preserve document information such as outlines and links, although some operations lose those properties. Image import requires img2pdf, and the project requires pikepdf version 6 or later. The project is licensed under GPL-3.0 and describes itself as a fork of PDF-Shuffler. Installation guidance differs by system: the project links to Windows downloads, suggests Nix or manual dependency installation for macOS, and provides package instructions for several Linux distributions and FreeBSD. The free plan is listed as free.
Good
- Reorders pages with drag and drop, copy, and paste.
- Supports merging, splitting, cropping, and resizing pages.
- Can generate and split booklets.
- Exports pages as PDF, PNG, or JPEG.
- Available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Watch out
- Image import requires img2pdf.
- Requires pikepdf version 6 or later.
- Some operations can remove outlines and links.
Who it suits
PDF Arranger suits desktop users who need to reorganize, combine, split, or make other page-level changes to PDFs. It may also fit users who need booklet tools or image-to-PDF import.
Verdict
PDF Arranger brings a broad set of page-level PDF edits into a graphical desktop application. Check its dependencies and platform-specific installation instructions, especially if you plan to import images or preserve document information.
Plans and prices
From PDF Arranger's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | PDF editing and page arrangement features described in the user manual |
The facts
Each one read from PDF Arranger's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Booklets
- The manual lists generating and splitting booklets as supported features.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Image dependency
- Image import requires img2pdf to be installed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- The application can import images as PDF pages and export pages as PDF, PNG, JPEG, or rasterized PDF.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Interface
- The application visually displays PDF pages side by side and supports page reordering by drag and drop, copy, and paste.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as licensed under GPL-3.0.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Metadata and bookmarks
- Users can edit metadata, and the manual describes options for preserving document information including outlines and links, with some operations that lose these properties.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Page editing
- Supported operations include rotating, deleting, duplicating, splitting, merging, resizing, and cropping pages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- PDF conversion
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- PDF dependency
- The project README says PDF Arranger requires pikepdf version 6 or later.checked 9 Oct 2026
- PDF search
- The manual lists text search in PDFs as a supported feature.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PDF Arranger is a graphical application for merging or splitting PDF documents and rotating, cropping, and rearranging pages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support and project lineage
- The README describes PDF Arranger as a fork of PDF-Shuffler and links to a user manual for more information.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux and BSD
- The README includes package installation instructions for Debian-based distributions, Arch Linux, Fedora, and FreeBSD.checked 9 Oct 2026
- macOS
- The project’s macOS guide suggests using Nix, which provides a pdfarranger package, and also documents manual dependency installation.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Windows
- The project links to a Windows download and documents building MSI and ZIP packages for Windows.checked 9 Oct 2026
