05 / PdfCraft · Early AlphaAlternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro · Also Known as PrintCraft on getartcraft.comgithub.com/storytold/pdfcraft
The open-source PDF workbench:
Read, organize, combine & secure.
A fast, privacy-respecting PDF editor rebuilt from scratch in Rust. Annotate, sign, reorder pages, redact confidential text, and combine legal documents without paying recurring Acrobat subscription fees.
01 / Irreversible Redaction
True Document Privacy
Permanently purge confidential text, social security numbers, and image streams. Redacted pixels and vectors are removed from document streams, not merely covered with black boxes.
02 / Zero Bloatware
Sub-Second Document Loading
Opens complex, 1,000-page engineering and architectural plans in under 1 second. Zero promotional pop-ups, zero Adobe cloud subscription banners.
03 / Page Workbench
Combine, Reorder & Split
Visual thumbnail canvas to drag-and-drop, merge multiple PDF documents, rotate pages, and extract page ranges with zero fidelity degradation.
02 / Breakdown
PdfCraft vs. Adobe Acrobat Pro
| Metric | PdfCraft (Pure Rust) | Adobe Acrobat Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | 100% Free Forever (Open Source) | $239.88 / year subscription |
| App Size & Startup | ~12 MB binary, 0.3s startup | 1.2 GB install, 8s startup |
| Redaction Safety | Cryptographically scrubbed bytecode | Proprietary backend |
| Telemetry & Offline | 100% Offline-safe; 0 network calls | Constant background document syncing |