PDF Arranger

PDF Arranger is a small Python/GTK desktop application for page-level PDF work. It is a front end for pikepdf and a fork of PDF-Shuffler. Merge documents, split pages into separate files, rotate, crop and rearrange pages through a thumbnail-based interface.

Useful jobs

• Assemble several PDFs into one ordered document.
• Remove or rotate unwanted pages and add blank pages.
• Adjust page sizes and crop margins; the manual describes automatic white-border cropping.
• Import image files when img2pdf is installed.

Version 1.14.0 adds fit-to-page zoom, A0/A1/A2 paper sizes and odd/even page swapping, among other changes.

Platforms and license

Official Windows downloads include an MSI installer and portable ZIP. Linux users can use distribution packages or the documented Flatpak route. BSD installation is documented too. No macOS download badge is shown because an official Mac installer was not verified. Licensed GPL-3.0-or-later.

Limits and sensible checks

This is page arrangement, not a full paragraph editor or a dedicated redaction tool. Do not assume that cropping permanently removes confidential content. Keep source files, export to a new filename and inspect the result, especially for forms, signatures and bookmarks. This is a local desktop app, not a website that needs your documents uploaded for processing.

Read our PDF Arranger discovery. Screenshot from the official README, cropped to the app window. Sources: manual, 1.14.0 release, binary packages. Documentation-based overview, not a validation of signed PDFs or redaction.