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word-sys PDF Editor

word-sys PDF Editor is a PDF editor, available on Linux: PDF export.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

word-sys PDF Editor is a PDF editor, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: PDF export.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Edit text and images directly on the page, merge and reorder pages, draw shapes and highlights, and export to PDF or plain text.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Languages: English | Türkçe | Français | Deutsch | Español | Italiano | Русский word-sys's PDF Editor.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

word-sys PDF Editor is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

An open-source tool for editing content in PDF files on Linux. Edit text and images directly on the page, merge and reorder pages, draw shapes and highlights, and export to PDF or plain text.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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