Stirling-PDF
★ 94.0kApache License 2.0Open Core — Some Features PaidSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · K8s · Binary +1No external DB8 documented maintainers
About
Stirling PDF is a PDF editing platform aimed at individuals and organizations that need to manipulate documents locally or on their own infrastructure. It provides a browser-based interface, a...
Community Ratings
Ease of Setup
5.0
Documentation
5.0
Resource Usage
5.0
Feature Completeness
5.0
Paywall Fairness
2.0
Maintenance
5.0
Community
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Features
- desktop client
- browser UI
- self-hosted server
- private API
- 50+ PDF tools
- OCR
- no-code workflows
- REST APIs
- 40+ languages
- enterprise-grade SSO and auditing
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Jan 27, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerkubernetesbinarysource
- Requirements
- Task
- Authentication
- oidc-sso
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- DockerJava
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (3 volumes)
docker/compose/docker-compose.yml · @ e53628c · scanned Sep 26, 2026
services:
stirling-pdf:
build:
context: ../..
dockerfile: docker/embedded/Dockerfile
container_name: stirling-pdf
restart: unless-stopped
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8080$${SYSTEM_ROOTURIPATH:-''}/api/v1/info/status | grep -q 'UP'"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 10s
retries: 16
ports:
- "8080:8080"
volumes:
- ../../stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
- ../../stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
- ../../stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
environment:
DISABLE_ADDITIONAL_FEATURES: "true"
# ...
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