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storytold/pdfcraft

PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Rust#document-processing#documents#pdf#pdf-generation

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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License: Apache-2.0
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Start here

Website ↗getartcraft.comThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

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PdfCraft v0.18.2 · 11/5/2026 ↗

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage

AppImage · x64 · 108.3 MB · 9,471 downloads · best match

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage"
./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage"

Other Linux downloads (18)

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 115.2 MB · 8,558 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.deb"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage

AppImage · ARM64 · 104.5 MB · 335 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage"
chmod +x "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage"
./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.deb

deb · 112.5 MB · 361 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.deb"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 114.1 MB · 3,144 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 42.3 MB · 442 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 112.0 MB · 565 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.deb"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz

tar.gz · 111.6 MB · 194 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 110.0 MB · 321 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 114.6 MB · 2,199 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.rpm"

pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 40.7 MB · 225 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "pdfcraft-cli-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.rpm

rpm · 112.1 MB · 377 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-riscv64.rpm"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.rpm

rpm · ARM64 · 111.3 MB · 412 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.rpm"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.flatpak

flatpak · x64 · 84.9 MB · 6,897 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.flatpak"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.flatpak

flatpak · ARM64 · 80.9 MB · 282 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.flatpak"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

tar.zst · x64 · 88.4 MB · 1,409 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
tar --zstd -xf "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst

tar.zst · ARM64 · 85.8 MB · 346 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst"
tar --zstd -xf "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync

binary · x64 · 185 KB · 2,244 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync"
chmod +x "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage.zsync"

pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync

binary · ARM64 · 179 KB · 167 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/releases/download/v0.18.2/pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync"
chmod +x "pdfcraft-0.18.2-linux-aarch64.AppImage.zsync"

Install with a package manager

distro package

emerge --ask app-text/pdfcraft-bin

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/pdfcraft-cli/Cargo.toml, apps/pdfcraft-web/Cargo.toml, apps/pdfcraft/Cargo.toml, crates/a11y/Cargo.toml and 11 more

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README.md

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