PDF Chain

Spec sheet

Purpose

PDF Chain is a graphical interface for PDF Toolkit (PDFtk) that generates and executes PDFtk commands from GUI settings.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

License

The maker says the source code is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Additional tools

Listed tools include extracting attachments, compression and decompression, dumping data and form fields, updating document info, generating FDF, filling forms, flattening, and dropping XFA.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Compatibility

The installation page maps PDF Chain versions 0.55–0.123 to PDFtk 1.40–1.43, versions 0.3.1–0.3.5 to PDFtk 1.44, and versions from 0.4.0 to PDFtk 1.45.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Dependency

PDF Chain requires PDFtk to be installed on the system to generate and execute its commands.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Latest listed release

The SourceForge files page lists pdfchain-0.4.4.tar.gz as the latest version and dates the 0.4.4.2 directory to 2015-12-18.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Linux installation

The maker documents installation through Ubuntu PPA and Arch User Repository, as well as compiling from source.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Merge PDFs

It can concatenate selected pages from multiple PDF documents, including page ranges, even or odd pages, rotation, and shuffling.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Other PDF actions

It can add a background or stamp, attach files, and set output permissions, passwords, and encryption.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Project status

The SourceForge project listing labels PDF Chain status Alpha and lists its latest update as 2022-11-27.Read 12 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Security controls

PDF output permissions can include user and/or owner passwords, no encryption or 40-bit or 128-bit encryption, and allowing or restricting features.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Split PDFs

It can burst a PDF document into single pages.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Support and warranty

The maker states that PDF Chain comes without any warranty.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Supported platforms

LinuxRead 20 Sep 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Supported system family

The maker describes PDF Chain as a program for Unix-like systems.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Text editing

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io

Plans and prices

Every PDF Chain plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• PDF editors#81 of 1027.4