Use cases

PDFluent for the work you actually do.

A local PDF editor for the everyday document work that real teams ship — filling forms, signing, redacting and archiving. Written in Rust. Your documents stay on your machine; crash reports only if you turn them on.
01

Legal

Handle privileged material and case files without sending a single page to the cloud.

  • Permanently redact privileged information
  • Fill and sign contracts locally
  • Merge exhibits into a single, ordered file
  • Archive matters as PDF/A for the record
02

Accounting & finance

Turn paper and scanned statements into clean, signed, searchable records.

  • Fill AcroForm forms accurately
  • Sign and date approvals
  • OCR scanned receipts to make them searchable
  • Convert statements for long-term storage
03

Government & public sector

Open legacy forms, and keep citizen data protected.

  • Open legacy XFA forms
  • Redact citizen data for GDPR compliance
  • Validate and convert to PDF/A for archiving
  • Work fully offline; crash reports only if you turn them on
04

HR & operations

Prepare, sign and assemble employee paperwork in one private workflow.

  • Fill and sign offer letters and forms
  • Redact personal data before sharing
  • Combine onboarding packs into one PDF
  • Keep every file on your own machine

Built for your everyday documents.

Free for everyone, including at work. Runs entirely on your machine. No account, no cloud, crash reports only if you turn them on.