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PdfDing

Selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless experience on multiple devices

Alternative to: adobe acrobat, dropbox paper, smallpdf


About Versions (47)

v1.10.0

2026-07-09

This update introduces PDF metadata management, including adding, exporting, and importing metadata from BibTeX, alongside UI improvements and dependency updates.

v1.8.0

2026-06-05

Introduces bulk actions, updates dependencies, and fixes head icon displays for starred and archive overviews.

v1.7.2

2026-04-12

Updated dependencies to improve security.

v1.7.1

2026-03-30

Fixed a security vulnerability that allowed bypassing shared PDF expiration, maximum views, and deletion.

v1.7.0

2026-03-29

This release addresses a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-34376), implements internationalization, removes the creme theme, and fixes PDF duplication issues.

v1.6.3

2026-03-14

Added support for boolean environment variables, fixed an MFA issue for OIDC_ONLY settings, and updated dependencies.

v1.6.2

2026-03-08

Added a minimal layout and updated dependencies.

v1.6.1

2026-03-01

v1.6.0

2026-03-01

Added 2FA support, changed PDF annotation export format from YAML to JSON, and fixed various bugs.

v1.5.1

2026-02-04

This release adds new zoom options to the viewer, improves annotation extraction error handling, and updates dependencies for security.

v1.5.0

2026-01-29

Introduces workspaces and collections for improved PDF management, combines annotations in the PDF overview, and adds S3 backup region specification.

v1.4.1

2025-11-15

Updated the font to Poppins, added PDF statistics, introduced a demo mode in the sidebar footer, and fixed the changelog update script.

v1.4.0

2025-11-08

Added system-based dark mode, signature functionality with database persistence, a revamped support section, and updated dependencies.

v1.3.3

2025-10-24

This release fixes dark mode flashing, adds a keep-awake option and viewer settings in profile, and migrates charts to a separate repository.

v1.3.2

2025-09-21

Added an environment variable for OIDC scope, updated the gunicorn command to properly handle SIGTERM, and enabled dependency updates via environment variables.

v1.3.1

2025-04-04

Introduces admin rights configuration via OIDC claims alongside various UI improvements and fixes for PDF title truncation and file field length.

v1.3.0

2025-03-29

Introduces a right sidebar, updated UI for PDF details, and changes PDF filesystem naming from UUIDs to UI names.

v1.2.1

2025-03-18

Fixes database migrations introduced in version 1.2.0.

v1.2.0

2025-03-18

Added PDF comment and highlight extraction, export capabilities, and a revamped details page, alongside a license change to AGPLv3 and various UI improvements.

v1.1.0

2025-03-02

Introduced list and grid layouts for PDF overview, revamped settings, and made minor UI adjustments to detail pages.

v1.0.0

2025-02-26

Revamped the overview and admin area, added persistent sorting settings, enabled direct nested tag activation, and implemented infinite scrolling in overviews.

v0.12.3

2025-02-15

Introduces fuzzy search for PDFs, enhances the viewer navbar with theme support and scrolling fixes, and improves the health endpoint's user handling.

v0.12.2

2025-02-09

Improves demo startup time, adds environment variables for Postgres, fixes PDF viewer caching, and enhances thumbnail navigation.

v0.12.1

2025-02-03

Relocated the demo PDF file to improve compatibility with Kubernetes emptyDir in demo mode.

v0.12.0

2025-01-28

Introduces a new creme theme, improves navigation bar design, updates the logo, and fixes visibility issues on mobile sidebars and dropdown buttons.

v0.11.0

2025-01-14

Introduces starring, archiving, previews, and thumbnail support for PDFs, and allows multiple host names via the HOST_NAME environment variable.

0.10.0

2025-01-05

Introduces markdown notes for PDFs, a healthz endpoint for instance restarts, and design improvements for the shared PDF prompt page.

0.9.1

2025-01-02

Introduces demo mode, adds viewer tooltips and tag guiding lines, enhances PDF details page, and fixes mobile navigation and admin versioning.

0.9.0

2024-12-25

Added PDF viewer editing functionality allowing users to add and save annotations, highlights, and drawings, and updated the site title to display the PDF name.

0.8.0

2024-12-22

Introduces a hierarchical tree mode for organizing PDF tags and includes minor UI improvements.

0.7.0

2024-12-15

Introduced a consumption directory for adding PDF files, displayed the user ID in the header, and fixed a PDF download extension issue.

0.6.2

2024-12-11

Improved PDF progress bar logic by validating page counts and resetting unopened documents to page zero.

0.6.1

2024-12-07

Fixed settings file usage, corrected overview queries after tag modifications, and updated Django to resolve vulnerabilities.

0.6.0

2024-12-06

This release introduces search and tag filters, PDF reading progress bars, tag management, bulk upload options, and admin date tooltips.

0.5.0

2024-11-27

Introduces inverted color mode and bulk uploading for PDFs, along with several UI improvements and a backup bug fix.

0.4.2

2024-11-27

This update fixes UI bugs in base.html and 404 pages, introduces an about page and footer, adds PDF sorting, and implements new environment controls for user signup and backups.

0.4.1

2024-11-27

Added support for custom theme colors and the ability to set the default theme using environment variables.

0.4.0

2024-11-27

Added the ability to share password-protected PDFs via links or QR codes with configurable view limits and expiration dates.

0.3.4

2024-11-27

Introduces optional encryption for PDF and SQLite database backups to S3 compatible storage and fixes a Postgres host configuration bug.

0.3.3

2024-11-27

Revamped the tag sidebar grouping, added a new version banner to the admin section, and reduced image size by over 30% using Alpine.

0.3.2

2024-11-27

Fixed backup functionality by restoring setuptools to the virtual environment.

0.3.1

2024-11-27

Reduced image size by approximately 20% and introduced a setting to control the number of PDFs displayed per page in the overview.

0.3.0

2024-11-27

Added support for automated backups to S3 compatible storage.

0.2.0

2024-11-27

Introduced a new Admin Area for user and rights management, removed the standard Django Admin Area, and added OIDC SSO support via environment variables.

0.1.2

2024-11-27

Introduced theme colors, a PDF view counter, and an updated profile icon.

0.1.1

2024-11-27

Introduced dark mode and updated dependencies.

0.1.0

2024-11-27

Initial release featuring browser-based PDF viewing with tagging, position memory, OIDC SSO support, and user-driven uploads.