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Stirling PDF

PDF application that lets you edit PDFs on any device, anywhere

Alternative to: adobe acrobat, smallpdf, ilovepdf

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About Versions (100)

v2.14.1

2026-07-07

This hotfix addresses several bugs including PostHog loading issues, certificate signing, and page rearranging, while adding a new third-party licenses settings page.

v2.14.0

2026-06-30

This release introduces desktop hardware token signing, UI improvements for shared signing and annotations, a business login disclaimer, and branding updates to the installer.

v2.13.2

2026-06-24

This release includes security fixes, Docker dependency cleanup, desktop UI performance improvements, and various bug fixes for user roles and team assignments.

v2.13.1

2026-06-19

This release fixes PDF rotation in the Multi Tool, adds a mobile upload page via QR code, improves i18n translations, and includes various dependency updates and frontend architectural fixes.

v2.13.0

2026-06-18

This release introduces backend enabler work, a refreshed UI, pay-as-you-go billing, policy enforcement, and various PDF viewer improvements and bug fixes.

v2.12.0

2026-06-09

Introduces forced JDK 25 enforcement, JPDFium for reduced memory usage in merge/split tools, a new file storage folder system, and desktop multi-window support.

v2.11.0

2026-05-19

Introduces a preview of a redesigned UI for improved file management and selection, alongside various bug fixes, dependency updates, and functional enhancements.

v2.10.1

2026-05-07

This update introduces a unified universal Mac installer, improves loading speeds, fixes various desktop toolB tool bugs, enhances automate tool configurations, and includes numerous dependency updates.

v2.10.0

2026-04-24

Version 2.10.0 introduces a pixel compare mode for PDFs, expanded desktop package distributions, improved memory efficiency, and various bug fixes for thumbnails and encrypted files.

v2.9.2

2026-04-04

This release provides a hotfix for folder scanning issues and includes pipeline fixes.

v2.9.1

2026-04-03

This release introduces file UI selection improvements, fixes Docker permission and thread timing issues, resolves redaction drift, and updates dependencies.

v2.9.0

2026-04-02

Introduces alpha server-side file sharing and group signing, adds dark mode viewer filters and non-PDF file support, and includes various security fixes and performance improvements.

v2.8.0

2026-03-24

Introduces optional login for desktop, comment support, RFC 3161 PDF timestamps, improved PDF rendering via Pdfium, and enhanced multi-page layout customization.

v2.7.3

2026-03-19

Introduces a PDF read aloud feature, improves annotation handling, fixes Mac printing, and adds HTTP/2 support, while temporarily removing the remove-image tool.

v2.7.2

2026-03-13

Fixed a bug with self-hosted desktop connections and added a check for SaaS instances before blocking credit insufficiencies.

v2.7.1

2026-03-12

This release includes various bug fixes for desktop functionality, PostHog cookie management, large document rotation, and minor enhancements to translations and SaaS frontend code.

v2.7.0

2026-03-06

This release introduces a searchable settings menu, improved auditing, desktop app window persistence, OS notifications, and various bug fixes.

v2.6.0

2026-03-03

Significant performance improvements in memory usage and startup speed, reduced Docker image size, and support for cloud server connections in Desktop.

v2.5.3

2026-02-23

Introduces PDF to Excel conversion, PDF splitting into chunks, viewer keyboard shortcuts, and various bug fixes for cookie consent and exports.

v2.5.2

2026-02-20

Introduces ruler and measure support in the viewer, security improvements, various desktop fixes for Mac and Windows, and updated translations.SS.

v2.5.1

2026-02-18

This release includes various bug fixes for SAML login, form UI and behavior, desktop SSO redirects, and large query handling.

v2.5.0

2026-02-16

This update introduces a FormFill tool, enhanced manual redaction with color selection, attachment support, and improved JWT session management along with various viewer and UI improvements.

v2.4.6

2026-02-12

This release includes various bug fixes for licensing, SSO, and public endpoints, alongside enhancements to markdown image support and server settings.

v2.4.5

2026-02-06

Introduces headless Windows MSI installation, strict PDF/A conversion mode, redaction improvements, and various SSO enhancements and bug fixes.

v2.4.4

2026-02-05

This release fixes page editor and bookmark extraction bugs, adds Bates stamping with optional zero padding, introduces a CLI diagnostics command, and updates Italian translations.

v2.4.3

2026-01-31

This release introduces separate desktop and server versioning, support for recursive and multiple watched folders, and various fixes for login, connection, and page editor performance.

v2.4.2

2026-01-29

This update introduces dynamic variables for PDF stamping and fixes issues with audit displays, tool disabling, and text editor rendering.

v2.4.1

2026-01-29

This release includes various bug fixes, dependency updates, and the addition of an Xframe option for iframe support.

v2.4.0

2026-01-24

This release introduces TOTP-based multi-factor authentication, H2 database backup management, PDF/X conversions, and improved compliance verification, along with various bug fixes and security hardening.

v2.3.1

2026-01-21

Added SVG to PDF conversion, tessdata language management for OCR, and various performance and UI bug fixes.

v2.3.0

2026-01-15

This release introduces PDF to EPUB/AZW3 conversion, MSG support, a Telegram bot integration, and various bug fixes for file threading and non-Roman alphabet processing.

v2.2.1

2026-01-12

This release includes fixes for self-hosted connections and OCR languages, introduces mobile QR scanner options, and improves login visibility and PDF/A verification.

v2.2.0

2026-01-09

Integrated V1 codebase and introduced features including ebook conversions, manual redaction, PDF/A-3B compliance, auto-crop, mobile phone scanning, and SSO logins for the desktop app.

v2.1.5

2025-12-18

This release introduces viewer annotations, SAML bug fixes, static file overrides, and sign-up functionality for the desktop app.

v2.1.4

2025-12-16

This release introduces line art conversion, updates the account change UI, shortens onboarding, and fixes bugs related to SAML, PDF viewing, and caching.

v2.1.3

2025-12-11

This hotfix release resolves SSO login page display issues, fixes cache clearing and Mac file handling, and improves airgapped PDF viewer support.

v2.1.2

2025-12-10

This release introduces SMTP SSL/TLS customization, user and admin password management UI, expanded font support in the text editor, and various bug fixes.

v2.1.1

2025-12-05

This hotfix includes UI tweaks, automation fixes, and a resolution for SSO login issues.

v2.1.0

2025-12-03

Introduces an open-source alpha PDF text editor, moves general SSO to the SERVER plan, and adds a PDF info feature alongside various bug fixes.

v2.0.3

2025-12-03

This update fixes various bugs related to SSO login, large file handling, and signatures, while temporarily removing the MODE feature from Docker.

v2.0.2

2025-11-29

This release introduces server-side signature storage, interactive links in the PDF viewer, and various bug fixes for the desktop app, OCR tool, and SMTP settings.

v2.0.1

2025-11-26

This hotfix release addresses v2.0.0 issues, including frontend JAR packaging, desktop installer CORS errors, and various UI styling and prompt fixes.

v2.0.0

2025-11-25

Stirling PDF V2 introduces a full UI redesign, native desktop applications, enhanced file handling, and a new tiered licensing model.

v1.6.0

2025-11-25

This final major V1 update introduces SVG signature support, PDF to video and eBook conversions, and transitions the Docker image from Alpine to Debian.

v1.5.0

2025-10-16

This release introduces PDF to vector image conversion, an attachments extraction tool, unified analytics parameters, and various security and bug fixes.

v1.4.0

2025-10-11

This release introduces CBZ and CBR conversion tools, enhanced crop and color options, improved PDF compliance checking, and various bug fixes and translations.

v1.3.2

2025-09-05

v1.3.1

2025-09-05

This release includes minor build fixes, a missing MediaType import, and updated translations.

v1.3.0

2025-09-05

This release introduces auto-redaction for True PDFs, PDF-to-image annotation support, font color options for page numbers, and various security and performance enhancements.

v1.2.0

2025-08-09

This update introduces PSD support for Image to PDF, bookmark import/export for Table-Of-Contents, and various bug fixes for pipeline and stamp operations.

v1.1.1

2025-07-31

This release includes various bug fixes for pipeline functionality, a new V2 settings API, Docker image updates, and improvements to Traditional Chinese translations.

v1.1.0

2025-07-24

This update introduces support for multi-file async job results, enhances UI scaling and security via stricter HTML sanitization, and includes numerous bug fixes and dependency updates.

v1.0.2

2025-07-08

This release includes bug fixes for resource overrides, API documentation generation, and the account button, along with a reduction in user survey prompts.

v1.0.1

2025-07-07

Version 1.0.1 provides a Docker configuration fix for security jar download issues and updates third-party licenses.

v1.0.0

2025-07-07

V1.0.0 introduces EML to PDF conversion, ToC editing, and a new proprietary license for Pro features including audit logs and team management.

v0.46.2

2025-05-20

This release removes the legacy homepage, adds Malayalam language support, introduces floating licenses for Pro/Enterprise users, and includes various bug fixes and dependency updates.

v0.46.1

2025-05-10

This release introduces an Email API, improved home page UI scaling, more aggressive PDF compression, and various bug fixes and translations.

v0.46.0

2025-04-30

Introduces a new 'unlock PDF Form' feature, various bug fixes for tool selection and PDF previews, and numerous dependency and translation updates.

v0.45.6

2025-04-15

This release fixes pipeline loading and signature drawing lag, reduces errors, and updates third-party licenses and translations.

v0.45.5

2025-04-14

Introduces a file upload limit setting, language updates, MacOS installer fixes, and various minor enhancements and dependency updates.

v0.45.4

2025-04-11

This release includes bug fixes for language selection, minor enhancements to the cookieconsent library and UI, translation updates, and a fix for the Mac x86_64 installer.

v0.45.3

2025-04-09

This release includes bug fixes for the footer and MacOS installer, enhances manual redaction by enabling text-based redaction by default, and cleans up cookie banner snippets.

v0.45.2

2025-04-09

This release includes a hotfix for translation files, UI improvements for the multi-tool, and various bug fixes and minor enhancements.

v0.45.1

2025-04-09

Introduces a Mac installer for x86_64 machines, Google Drive support for Pro users, a GDPR-compliant cookie banner, and various bug fixes and translations.

v0.45.0

2025-03-25

This update introduces a critical security fix that disables URL-to-PDF by default and adds several premium features, including Prometheus support and offline licensing.

v0.44.3

2025-03-20

This update introduces UI improvements to the multi-tool and search, expands OCR language support, fixes compression issues, and includes various path and translation updates.

v0.44.2

2025-03-14

This release introduces PDF compression hotfixes, undo/redo functionality for signature drawing, unoserver support, and various translation and dependency updates.

v0.44.1

2025-03-10

This release fixes a file retention bug, adds browser-based Zip file support, and introduces new claim attributes for mail and uid.

v0.44.0

2025-03-08

This update improves memory usage for large PDFs, fixes a Windows load issue, and introduces a highlighter tool and various bug fixes.

v0.43.2

2025-03-01

This release adds support for webforms in HTML to PDF conversion, improves the search function, fixes PDF compression, and updates survey options and dependencies.

v0.43.1

2025-02-26

Includes a hotfix for OAuth 2 redirectUri and a new option to remove books.

v0.43.0

2025-02-25

This release introduces SSO and configuration refactoring, grayscale support for image compression, dynamic tool paths, an updated language bar UI, and automatic port detection for Local UI users.

v0.42.0

2025-02-18

This release includes various bug fixes for PDF compression and Windows stability, updates the backend conversion service from unoconv to unoserver, and adds a new Docker Alpine version.

v0.41.0

2025-02-07

Reintroduces PDF/A conversion and includes various bug fixes for the homepage, ZIP handling, and pipeline, along with translation updates.

v0.40.2

2025-02-04

This release includes various bug fixes for the UI, compression, and pipelines, along with enhancements to translation support and configurable UI language settings.

v0.40.1

2025-01-31

This update includes bug fixes for the homepage and PDF sign features, alongside a new option to disable HTML sanitization for HTML to PDF conversions.

v0.40.0

2025-01-31

Introduces a new homepage update, config rework, various bug fixes, and translation improvements.

v0.39.0

2025-01-26

This release improves memory usage via garbage collection changes, adds new API endpoints for page analysis, and includes various bug fixes and dependency updates.

v0.38.0

2025-01-20

Introduces a PDF to markdown feature, along with various bug fixes, Gradle updates, and translation improvements.

v0.37.1

2025-01-16

This release includes bug fixes for PDF compression and homepage URLs, translation improvements for multiple languages, and various dependency updates.

v0.37.0

2025-01-13

Introduces manual redaction, external database support, and SSO auto-login, alongside security improvements and UI enhancements.

v0.36.6

2025-01-02

Improved signature functionality, fixed file drag-and-drop bugs, added signed Docker images, and updated various translations and dependencies.

v0.36.5

2024-12-19

This release includes various bug fixes for PDF conversion and form data, minor enhancements to SAML2 and configuration checks, and updated Italian translations.

v0.36.4

2024-12-17

This release includes various bug fixes for PDF merging and UI drag-and-drop, along with dependency updates and internal code enhancements.

v0.36.3

2024-12-16

This release fixes a bug related to merging PDFs.

v0.36.2

2024-12-14

This release includes CSRF fixes and updates to GitHub Actions.

v0.36.1

2024-12-13

This release introduces auto password decryption for PDFs, new .exe distribution versions, a security fix for SSRF, and renames the X-API-key header to X-API-KEY.

v0.36.0

2024-12-05

Introduces PDF certification validation, undo page break functionality, and a separate permissions tab, along with various bug fixes and translation updates.

v0.35.1

2024-12-03

This update introduces visual improvements to the file input menu, resolves various bug fixes, and updates translation files.

v0.35.0

2024-11-29

Introduces undo and redo for the multi-tool, updates the OCR tool, and includes various bug fixes and translation updates.

v0.34.0

2024-11-26

This update improves PDF to CSV extraction, enhances the multi-tool and signing features, and includes UI cleanups and bug fixes.

v0.33.1

2024-11-16

Updated Docker and GitHub image names to stirlingtools/stirling-pdf and fixed bugs related to adding images and PDF-to-CSV conversion.

v0.33.0

2024-11-15

Introduces advanced multi-selection support for multi-tool operations and includes various bug fixes, translation updates, and security enhancements for username registration.

v0.32.0

2024-11-09

Introduces dynamic executor instance limits, blank page insertion in Multi-tool, and improves Windows CLI support alongside various bug fixes and translation updates.

stirling-pdf-chart-1.0.1

2024-11-04

This release includes several bug fixes for the navbar and signature logo, minor enhancements to language detection and session messaging, and extensive translation updates.

v0.31.1

2024-10-31

This release includes a bug fix for compress-pdf.html and an update to Italian translations.

v0.31.0

2024-10-30

This release introduces image reuse for signing, SAML2 integration optimizations, dynamic dependency detection, and various translation updates and security fixes.

v0.30.1

2024-10-22

This release includes bug fixes for the multi-tool template, analytics prompts, survey behavior, pro badges, and improvements to French translations.

v0.30.0

2024-10-21

This release introduces a category-based home menu, improved SAML2 and OAuth2 integrations, system command injection protections, and various bug fixes and translation updates.

v0.29.0

2024-09-14

Introduces PDF splitting by chapters, image and document splitting on the multi-tool page, customizable page numbering, and various UI improvements and security updates.