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Privacy PDF Editor

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Purpose
Privacy PDF Editor is an open-source, self-hosted PDF editor described as a private alternative to online PDF tools.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Deployment
The project documents Docker Compose deployment and says it runs on Raspberry Pi ARM64 or x86.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
License
The software is licensed under AGPL-3.0, which the project says requires modified versions, including network services, to remain open source under the same license.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Maker
The repository credits copyright to Cherif Jebali.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Anonymization
Anonymization options remove active content, perform a full metadata wipe, or rasterize pages to images.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Dependencies
The JavaScript libraries are vendored in the frontend, so the README says there is no CDN dependency.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Deployment and security
The project recommends running on a machine or LAN and says to add authentication if exposing it through a public tunnel.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Deployment limitation
The maker says the tool is not designed to be exposed as a public unauthenticated service and recommends adding authentication if using a public tunnel.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Editing
The editor can merge PDFs, reorder, rotate, delete and extract pages, and apply tiled diagonal text watermarks.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Encrypted storage
Ghost Vault stores files with per-file ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption and a scrypt key derivation function.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Encrypted vault
Ghost Vault stores files with per-file ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption and uses scrypt for key derivation.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Local processing
Pages render in the browser, and the file is sent to the backend only when the user clicks Export.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Metadata
Metadata tools can keep, clear, randomize or replace metadata, and the live reader shows document metadata.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Other PDF tools
The editor can compress PDFs using Ghostscript when available or pikepdf otherwise, and remove AES-256 PDF password encryption.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Page tools
The editor can merge PDFs, reorder, rotate, delete or extract pages, and apply tiled diagonal text watermarks.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Privacy limitation
Clearing or randomizing metadata strips the PDF Info fields but does not remove attachments, annotations or form-field values; XMP is removed only by a full metadata wipe.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Privacy scan
A client-side privacy scan flags author and date metadata, XMP, JavaScript, attachments, annotations, form fields and signatures, and provides a privacy score.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Requirements
The backend runs on Raspberry Pi ARM64 or x86, and deployment is provided through Docker Compose.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Supported platforms
web,self_hostedRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com
Technology
The backend uses FastAPI and Python, while the frontend uses HTML, Tailwind, vanilla JavaScript and PDF.js.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Vault limits
Ghost Vault has 12 fixed-size cells with tiers of 256 KB, 1 MB, 4 MB and 16 MB; file size reveals the tier but not the content.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

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