PDFluent is a local desktop app — download it, open a file, and you are working. No account, no setup wizard, nothing to configure.
Grab the build for macOS, Windows or Linux. Open the installer and launch PDFluent — there is no sign-up and no account to create.
Press ⌘O (Ctrl+O on Windows and Linux) to pick a file, or just drag-and-drop a PDF onto the window. It opens instantly.
Use the toolbar to switch between Read, Edit, Convert and Fill & Sign. Everything happens on your machine.
PDFluent groups its tools into four honest modes. Pick the one that matches the job.
Open, view and search any PDF. Fast page navigation, full-text search, and clean rendering of complex documents.
Annotate with highlights, underlines, strikeout and shapes; redact permanently; and reorganise pages — merge, split, rotate and delete.
Validate and convert to PDF/A for archiving, OCR scanned pages to make them searchable, and password-protect a file before sharing.
Fill AcroForm fields and sign locally. PDFluent also opens and renders legacy XFA forms many readers refuse, and can flatten them to a standard PDF.
Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K) anywhere to open the command palette. Start typing the name of any action — redact, merge, sign, convert to PDF/A — and run it without hunting through menus.
| Open a file | ⌘O |
| Command palette | ⌘K |
| Search in document | ⌘F |
| Save | ⌘S |
| ⌘P | |
| Zoom in / out | ⌘+ / ⌘− |
Shown for macOS. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl in place of ⌘.
PDFluent has no backend HTTP client. Files you open never leave your device — there is no account, no cloud upload and no telemetry. What you process stays on your machine.
Free for personal use. Download, open a PDF, and start in seconds.