What it is
PdfCraft is an open-source PDF reader and editor built from scratch in Rust. The author README covers reading, organizing, combining, splitting, commenting, forms, signatures, CLI/MCP control, and native plus web builds.
Requirements
Use an official release for the target platform or follow the upstream Rust build documentation. Source builds require Rust 1.95 or later; release builds include the documented OCR model inputs.
Limitations and review boundary
- The author calls PdfCraft alpha; reliable existing-text editing, especially CJK and right-to-left, remains thin or missing.
- Office import/export, advanced OCR, Preflight, PDF/X/UA, web printing, and some signature workflows are still incomplete.
- The project reports ongoing fuzzing findings; this catalog has not independently opened or edited hostile PDFs.
License
MIT OR Apache-2.0, at your option.