Well, that was easy! I was editing PDFs using an old Adobe Acrobat licence, via virtual Windows 7 (it only works in Win 7) which was a real faff. Brian, you are brilliant. Now, onto your next video !

Love your videos, Brian. You are truly an inspiration for aspiring homelab enthusiasts. Keep bringing out these open-source videos that help the community!

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Funny thing: the ad at the beginning was from Adobe 😂

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, KZread is really on it with knowing their audience.

Thank you!!! I just installed and set this up. Been struggling with signing pdfs and not wanting to pay (yet another) subscription fee to adobe! This is awesome!

@AwesomeOpenSource

12 күн бұрын

Hope it solves your signing woes.

Seriously? Why even bother. One can create an office document (preferably using Libre office with a build-in support for exporting PDFs)and save it (save natively to be able to make changes later and export) as pdf. And the editing options of existing pdf's are very limited using this set of tools (Stirling). Also kind of awkward. Is it possible to do anything offline? And to be completely honest I don't understand many very positive comments some even enthusiastic about this Stirling software. Have all the employees of Stirling got the asingnment to comment on this video engaging therir family members and friends also, maybe to make as many comments as possible using different accounts. This is the best explanation I can think of.

@AwesomeOpenSource

8 күн бұрын

Maybe it's not for you.

OMG I have been looking for something like this. Thank you!

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Glad it helped you out.

I've used Stirling off and on for a while and it's pretty great. I don't have a huge need for it right now but it's nice to have when the need arises.

Thank you . Excellent tutorial got it up and running in no time thanks to you.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Excellent!

The beauty of containerized applications. I got it up and running in under 10 minutes!

@AwesomeOpenSource

9 күн бұрын

That's awesome!

One issue is that it can not be used as default application for the PDF files in the system? You always have to launch your docker container if not yet running, then go to the URL, then open your file selection dialog, blah blah blah. You can't just double-click your PDF file and see it open in your Stirling application? That is a bummer and probably a reason why enterprises and individuals might not use it. Only people who have to manipulate PDF files will want this, but it can't be used as a default PDF viewer, for which Acrobat Reader is still free. But it is a great free alternative to Acrobat Pro or other paid PDF applications. Thank your for this video.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

True, this is not going to be your default viewer, but you don't need Acrobat. PDF will open in any modern browser, and there are multiple open source applications that can open and display PDFs on all of the OSes out there.

@enalaxable

9 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource @marq1588 LibreOffice in win11 can import PDF's , rotate and do a few cahnges. Acrobat won't allow even a free rotate 90Deg :) To be honest, I'm lost with this Docker compose. What videos are required to make sense of this one? Difference of Docker RUN and COMPOSE (in latest StrilingPDF on Git)?

@rajmajumdar5253

7 күн бұрын

This has a windows/Linux app use that if you wnat

@irened9961

2 күн бұрын

Damn. As much as I'm annoyed with Adobe re what they've done to Acrobat Pro, I don't want the inconveniences you've outlined.

@enalaxable

2 күн бұрын

@@rajmajumdar5253 hm I missed that! you mean app like a local install? if you have a link I'd appreciate it!

Thanks so much for this one, Brian. I have been using for years, a great pdf editor for which I paid, Master PDF Editor. I am looking forward to trying this one for sure. Thanks again.

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

My pleasure.

@brodriguez11000

13 күн бұрын

PDFGear is another.

Brian, thanks for sharing the info about this tool, it's going to be really useful!

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

You bet!

Been looking for something like this for a while will definitely be trying it out.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

That's awesome! Hope it helps.

Brian great video. I hope you do a follow up video to show how to setup auto scan folders and for pipeline tasks.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I'll see what I can do. Got a lot of things going right now.

Great tutorial. Thanks!

@AwesomeOpenSource

9 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very useful video, thanks :)

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Online software is a complete nonstarter for anyone working with sensitive documents.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

This isn't "online". You can run this completely offline without any internet connection. Just because it opens in a web browser doesn't mean it's online.

Thanks. Have you tried using Dockge? I had Stirling PDF up and running in less than 30 seconds which included grabbing the Docker Compose file.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I've looked at it, but it doesn't really fit the pattern under which I setup my docker stuff, so migrating everything would be a bit of a chore. I do think it looks interesting though.

Amazing app. It's a shame it's so cumbersome to setup and install. I wonder why it can't be install through a simple Flatpak or snap

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

It's a web application which requires a web server to run, but I suppose someone could potentially turn i into an electron app, where electron just points to the web application running. Not sure what that would take, but it would then go into the flatpak and / or snap store.

13 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource thanks for your reply. I get it, that would make it necessary for someone to host the app to make it available then of course. I guess the developer is not willing to do that investment and that's understandable. I hope it gets more support, so that may be possible. Thanks for helping these kinds of projects get people's attention 👍🏼

I really like this and I wish I could use it. I have tried similar tools like pdf24 but my users balked. They aren't opening the pdf in an app and they are click on different tools to open the PDF to do what they can do in one pane of glass with Adobe. I hate the refusal to change internal processes and learn something new.

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

Change is hard, for sure.

very good video thanks. 🥳

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I was hoping that signing would be more like what we might see with for example Docusign. And that a signature box could be placed as needed, with the signature then being inserted with a click. Adding initials is also used, per page of documents that get signatures.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I think there are some open source options for Docusign. See what i can find.

Cool, I'm gonna throw this up on my Proxmox server. Sure beats recreating a doc with groff and making a PDF from that...

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Agree!

Wow that is an excellent tool

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

It's awesome!

Looks useful, thanks! It's unfortunate they made it a web server in a container rather than a native Gtk/Qt app. Having to run a container and web browser to use seems really bloated and inconvenient and the upload/download file flow seems kind of awkward. Still, it looks like a handy wrapper for all the various PDF tools.

@AwesomeOpenSource

9 күн бұрын

I think it being a web app is nice, as I can run it on one machine, and access the tool from any machine on my network. No need to install it over and over and over, and I can use it on my mobile devices as well.

Can this program scan for accessibility and manage accessibility tags?

@AwesomeOpenSource

8 күн бұрын

I don't think so, but seems like a great request oto make to the project.

Omfg I been looking for a good PDF editor in Linux for so long, thank you :)

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

You bet.

@Smjork

11 күн бұрын

Try "Master PDF Editor", free for personal, non-commercial use, multi-platform, just as strong as Acrobat Pro and much, much cheaper per license if you decide to buy one. There's also PDF-Sam, also multi-platform, with an almost identical layout (of tools) as Sterling's main page, but standalone and with less tools than Sterling-PDF.

Nice! Any plans for creating Table Of Content (TOC)?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Do you mean the ability to add a TOC in the PDF? If so, that's question for the devs for sure.

A question that's likely better suited for the devs, but why make this a "self-hosted" web application at all? Why not just make this an installable app? I feel like having to setup a server just to edit PDFs is a massively unnecessary hurdle, especially for the layman. Doesn't this worsen the problem of open-source solution only being for techies?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

You could always ask about potentially having this made into an Electron or Neutralino JS application. That would make it more of a Desktop app.

@domojestic4155

10 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource I actually made a discussion post on their repo, and they mentioned Electron! However, they let me know that setting it up as a server-side Docker webapp was easier for them at the outset, and that porting it over to a different format would likely take development time and money they simply don't have. Time to take the wallets out, I suppose! 😃

Can you edit the actual existing text like Acrobat can? I found this to be the issue with all these open source tools like this that you cannot edit the text. You can only add text or draw on them.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I show one method in the video. I edited the text and then saved my changes.

@alejmota

10 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource I just saw the video and only saw you adding text... you edited the text importing the pdf into LibreOffice... I think the question is that if you can edit the text inside Stirling...

Thanks

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

No problem

is there another pdf editing tool that doesnt need to be web hosted, ie like just getting it via apt install ?

Great video, what's the ram and cpu requirement for this tool?

@AwesomeOpenSource

4 күн бұрын

Pretty low I think, though I didn't check for sure. I'm sure 1 cpu and 2 G RAM is more than enough.

Thanks.

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

You're welcome

Can this create accuy fillable PDFs?

Is it possible to install as a web application and make it a default application for PDF documents?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Not that I know of.

I did it. Thank you so much🥰🥰 check from reply

@user-zq2kh6se5l

9 күн бұрын

hosted and ready to share

@AwesomeOpenSource

9 күн бұрын

Great job!

Does anyone know, if it is possible to create forms that I can be send to someone to fill them out. Yes, I tried to find out by looking at their webpage. But I haven't found something. Might be my english which isn't the best in the world :(

@antofroodle

13 күн бұрын

Not currently sorry 😔

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

Not with this tool, no. But you can create the form in libreoffice and export that as a PDF.

@SierraKilo76

12 күн бұрын

@@antofroodle Thank you.

@SierraKilo76

12 күн бұрын

​@@AwesomeOpenSource Thank you.

@favourlandquayson9407

9 күн бұрын

sure, google form, jotform, microsoft form are all available for your task

Adobe has its place. I prefer linux. Not sure why but CUPS doesn't print out barcodes correctly especially when it comes to mailing labels 4*6 I have to leave a VM running windows. I prefer PDFs to get printed by PDF element. Something with the way the PDF prints - the USPS clerks can barely get a scan on any thing from a Linux box. So Adobe, print queues and games (yes windows still has the prestigious gaming experience)as a Linux and FOSS fanboy - windows still has a few reasons to exist

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

I'm sure for some things there is a reason for now.

it's especially useful on phones and tablets, been using it for months :)) that said, I can't yet imagine use in big company, might need some kind of user management, clustering and more languages supported

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Love this open-source alternative! Thanks for sharing, Totally agree - there are plenty of great free options out there. Kudos to you for spreading the word. big thanks

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

My pleasure.

@brodriguez11000

13 күн бұрын

Wonder if that electronic signature uses eIDAS?

I clicked on this video and got a adobe ad, good job adsense.

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

Wow! Way to know the audience KZread. Geez.

Hi cannot Edit the PDF files. If i need change txt into PDF but i cannot do this. Or its same New version ?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I don't understand exactly. Are you trying to edit a PDF, or convert a txt file into a PDF? There are options to do both of those in this application.

@doctor24UA

10 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource sorry for my English. I meant that there is no way to edit the PDF file. Let's say you need to change the text inside the file. I looked through all the options in this program and didn’t find what I needed. For example, I open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat and can edit the file there. where is this opportunity?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

@@doctor24UA you can use the convert to ODT or DOC option. Edit then re export to PDF.

@doctor24UA

10 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource you're right, I can. but not the users I work with. It is difficult for the user to remember even a few simple actions. They need to open the file and immediately be able to edit. Let's hope that this feature will be added in future versions. Thank you.

By the way, how to download and install it into windows OS?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

stirlingtools.com/docs/Getting%20started/Installation/Local/Windows%20Installation/ Maybe that will help you.

could not install this! please help

@AwesomeOpenSource

8 күн бұрын

Need to understandmore where you had issues.

Does it render overprint views correctly?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I don't know what overprint is, so can't really say.

@Albertkallal

10 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource I'll have to give it a try. You can google pdf overprint simulation. All this means is that for print ready PDF's, then the concept is that you lay down colors as ink, and thus the PDF document will look rather ugly if you don't turn on overprint simulation. Overprint simulation thus renders the PDF correctly when viewing it, since it can "simulate" laying layers of ink down on paper. So, for corporate logos etc., then without overprint simulation, then things don't render correctly. I'm Actually looking for a web based PDF viewer that has this feature. (pdf.js - the same library used in chrome engine for example does not support this feature).

Think I'll stick with Adobe. Everything is just there in a user friendly interface and isn't separate tools.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

If that works for you, and you already have the version you need, it's a great tool for sure.

Work with Linux mint?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Sure, it runs in Docker, so should work on any distro that will use Docker.

you really have to want a free pdf software pretty bad to go through installing docker and all the components to make it run a web server on your pc just for that

@AwesomeOpenSource

12 күн бұрын

I imagine most people will have a homeland already, or have been thinking about it. But I think the freedom of open source is worth it.

so basically this a source code that every pdf converter site has? ilovepdf, smallpdf and such thing. niceeee

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Yes, correct

Does it read 3D PDFs?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I don't know what a 3D PDF is.

Is there a vm way, or does it require docker? I don't do containers

@psadi_

14 күн бұрын

Anything that is runnable in docker is runnable in vm (viceversa) If you can manage all the dependencies that is (in case of VM)

@Lunolux

14 күн бұрын

what is the purpose to run it in VM ? (it dont need a lot of ram/cpu)

@RonnieRedd

14 күн бұрын

@Lunolux don't want to get into a lot of back and forth. However, containers add complexity for maintenance and security. If it doesn't need much, don't give it much.

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

I believe there are packages you can install, not just in docker. I linked to the github in the description. They'll list the ways you can install there.

Morphos + StirlingPDF are the best

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

Very nice!

Windows Version?

So you can't edit with this?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

You can edit with it. I demonstrate one method int he videeo.

As a Windows user looking to see if there is a way to work without Windows... I get to 13:20 Installation. I don't understand why this is the requirement of Linux and Git-hub projects? You need low-level system skills to be able to access these alternative product solutions or projects. Why is there no "installation" system on Linux (or that can be applied to Windows) promoted via Git-hub projects that... you know... "installs" these solutions, like a Windows or Mac experience?

@rasonbryant

14 күн бұрын

This tool in particular was designed to be web base, so there isn't a installer as it's not made to run on a computer as a program per se which is why it needs docker which basically builds the webserver for you to use locally. there are Linux and window free and open source tools for pdf that are easy installs, you just have to research which is the best.

@63801170

14 күн бұрын

@@rasonbryant Thanks for the explanation and clarification on the "web server" angle.

@antofroodle

13 күн бұрын

Few things extra to add You can install docker desktop on a Windows machine to set this up for that's that want a windows web server Also Stirling pdf had a .exe installer as well but it needs java jdk 17 installed and is a lighter weight version with conversions and OCR

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

As the other folks stated, this is intended to be run as a web application (even if only locally), thus docker is the route to make it able to easily run on all OSes that support docker (which is most).

Bro Zammad ticketing System

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

I know. Sorry, recorded it, and another, getting ready to add 3 or so episodes to the MSP series soon. Just going through editing now.

@BevanAgard

14 күн бұрын

I can't wait for the zammad videos as well. We use it here in major production. One of my techs commented that they don't know how they got along without it and can't remember what it was like in the before times. We love Zammad. Will be looking into setting up Stirling for our users

@onlyhexonotop4313

14 күн бұрын

@@BevanAgard is there any issues you having with zammad?

@onlyhexonotop4313

11 күн бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSourcehope will get video soon, so will implement it on our server 😁😁

Thankss, its really works. goodbye smallpdf ilovepdf etc etc

@AwesomeOpenSource

13 күн бұрын

Awesome!

android available?

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

You can set it up on your desktkop, and then point to the desktop IP and port with your phone.

Just use master pdf. Better, easier, more convenient.

is it possible to edit text ?

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

Yes. I show how in the video.

Awesome Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴ If it’s not costing money, it’s costing something else. (You!) If you got it for free! someone paid for it. (You!) Nothing is free. Everything has to be paid for. (You!) Usually your private credential to a third-party seller.

@AwesomeOpenSource

14 күн бұрын

Indeed.

@radu81x

14 күн бұрын

it's GPL licensed and you need to host it yourself. what are you trying to say?

Donate to Open Source.

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

Indeed. Always.

thanks for this video! I followed everything and for some strange reason I get tons of errors and the application does not come up properly. anyone else is having this issue? The 1st of many error messages I get is: Stirling-PDF | 14:31:35,617 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender[AUTHLOG] - openFile(logs/invalid-auths.log,true) call failed. java.io.FileNotFoundException: logs/invalid-auths.log (Permission denied) I have confirmed the folders created that are attached to the docker are all have proper access rights. it looks like there is something within the container that is throwing the exception thanks in advance!

@AwesomeOpenSource

10 күн бұрын

I think you may just have a permissions issue on one of your folders or volumes.

@MehrdadGivehchi

10 күн бұрын

you were right and many thanks!@@AwesomeOpenSource