List of PDF software

This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage PDF documents. There is also a Wikipedia category for individual PDF software articles.

Multi-platform

PDF FLY - commercial software, converts PDF into vector, bitmap and ASCII formats
PdfTeX - converter (from TeX)
Prince - PDF formatter using XML or HTML with CSS and SVG as input
pstoedit - PostScript to (other) vector file format converter
STDU Converter - converts DjVu and TIFF files into PDF files
XeTeX - a TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents

cairo - a Vector drawing library which can create PDF documents
DocumentBurster - Takes PDF reports and bursts them based on meta-data. Generated documents are delivered on a variety of destinations like email, ftp, fax, archive and many more.
FLY Batch - Command-line batch engine for converting PDF to PostScript, EPS, WMF, EMF, SVG, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, ASCII, more.
FLY SDK - API/DLL for creating, modifying, merging and converting PDF.
iText - a Java-based library for the creation, editing and conversion of PDF files
JPedal - a Java development library for viewing PDF files and extracting text, images and other content from PDF. Both GPL and commercial versions available.
libHaru - PDF creation library with multiple APIs (C, C#, Ruby, Delphi, PHP)
pdf-renderer - a Java-based library for rendering PDF files
PDF Clown - an open source library for creating and manipulating PDF files in Java 1.5 and C# 2.0
PDFLib a commercial PDF library
Poppler - a library for viewing (with cairo or depending on X11 (as Xpdf))
Qoppa Java libraries - Java development libraries to view, print and manipulate PDF documents.
ReportLab - an open-source, Python-based PDF creation library from ReportLab

Adobe Acrobat - Adobe Systems' commercial desktop PDF authoring suite
Adobe FreeHand - Vector-based illustration creation and editing of multipage documents; opens, edits and exports Adobe PDF up to version 1.4
Adobe Illustrator - ability to open, edit, and save single-page PDF figures natively
Ghostscript - viewer, creator and converter
Foxit PDF Editor - commercial desktop PDF authoring suite
Inkscape - open, edit and export documents, Inkscape is free software
Pdftk - command-line tools to create, edit and convert documents
PDF Studio - a PDF file editor from Quoppa Software, for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows
PDFedit - Free (GPL) editor for manipulating PDF documents. GUI version & commandline interface.

PDFedit – an free software (GPL)program for viewing or editing the internal structures of PDF documents
Xournal – an open source program which also supports annotating pdf files

deskUNPDF for Mac – commercial application from Docudesk for converting PDF files to the Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org file formats
PDFmergeX - freeware app to combine, transform and reorder PDF documents

Preview – Mac OS X's default PDF viewer (in v10.5 it also can annotate, rearrange pages, and merge PDF files)
Safari – Apple's web browser supports in-line PDF viewing.
Skim – an open source PDF reader and note-taker for Mac OS X

ABBYY PDF Transformer – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from ABBYY
CutePDF Writer – freeware PDF converter from Acro Software
deskPDF Standard and Professional – commercial PDF converter applications from Docudesk
doPDF – a freeware PDF converter for both personal and commercial use from Softland
novaPDF – a shareware PDF virtual printer application from Softland
Nuance PDF Converter – a commercial, proprietary PDF viewing, editing & conversion tool from Nuance Communications
PDFCreator – a freeware open-source virtual printer that converts printed data into the PDF file format
PDF FLY – converts PDF into vector, bitmap and ASCII formats
pdf2image – creates sharp images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP) from PDF for use on the Web or in MS Office and other applications
pdf2picture – converts PDF into native Microsoft Office vector (WMF/EMF) and image (BMP) formats
PDF4Free - a free virtual printer using savepdf, RedMon and Ghostscript for making PDF files from any Windows application.
PrimoPDF – a free proprietary virtual printer that converts printed data into the PDF file format
Print2PDF – a shareware PDF converter
ReaSoft PDF Printer – a commercial virtual printer from Reasoft Development that converts printed data to PDF files
Zetadocs PDF – commercial Microsoft Office-to-PDF document conversion software from Equisys

CutePDF Professional – commercial PDF editor from Acro Software
Ecopy Desktop – a commercial PDF imaging editor
JawsPDF – a commercial PDF creator and editor
Nitro PDF – a commercial PDF viewer, creator, editor and converter application from Nitro PDF, Inc.
PagePlus X2 – a commercial desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
PDF Sign & Seal – a commercial PDF viewer, creator, and converter application from Ascertia Ltd.
PDF-XChange – a commercial PDF editor, annotator, form filler from Tracker Software

Drumlin PDF reader – a freeware PDF reader and secure publisher application from Drumlin Security
PDF-XChange Viewer – a freeware PDF viewer from Tracker Software
Sumatra PDF – an open source PDF viewer

Adobe Reader – a PDF viewer from Adobe Systems for Symbian, Palm, and Pocket PC mobile devices
MobileXPdf – a free and open-source PDF viewer for Windows CE
PalmPDF – a free PDF viewer for Palm OS
Picsel File Viewer
PocketXpdf for Windows Pocket PC and Windows Mobile
uBook Reader for Windows CE, Windows Handheld PC, Windows Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile

MediaWiki2PDF – Media Wiki content (Wikibooks, Wikipedia articles) to PDF converter
BlogPaper – Bloglines and Google Reader feeds to PDF converter
HTML2PDF – an online HTML to PDF converter
PDF Online – an online PDF creator
RSS 2 PDF – an online RSS to PDF converter
Zamzar – online file converter