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PDF Chain
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Free
Free download · requires PDFtk installed separately
Read 12 Oct 2026 · pdfchain.sourceforge.io
On the record
- Additional tools
- Listed tools include extracting attachments, compression and decompression, dumping data and form fields, updating document info, generating FDF, filling forms, flattening, and dropping XFA.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The installation page maps PDF Chain versions 0.55–0.123 to PDFtk 1.40–1.43, versions 0.3.1–0.3.5 to PDFtk 1.44, and versions from 0.4.0 to PDFtk 1.45.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Dependency
- PDF Chain requires PDFtk to be installed on the system to generate and execute its commands.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Latest listed release
- The SourceForge files page lists pdfchain-0.4.4.tar.gz as the latest version and dates the 0.4.4.2 directory to 2015-12-18.sourceforge.net · read 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The maker says the source code is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Linux installation
- The maker documents installation through Ubuntu PPA and Arch User Repository, as well as compiling from source.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Merge PDFs
- It can concatenate selected pages from multiple PDF documents, including page ranges, even or odd pages, rotation, and shuffling.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Other PDF actions
- It can add a background or stamp, attach files, and set output permissions, passwords, and encryption.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The SourceForge project listing labels PDF Chain status Alpha and lists its latest update as 2022-11-27.sourceforge.net · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PDF Chain is a graphical interface for PDF Toolkit (PDFtk) that generates and executes PDFtk commands from GUI settings.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- PDF output permissions can include user and/or owner passwords, no encryption or 40-bit or 128-bit encryption, and allowing or restricting features.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Split PDFs
- It can burst a PDF document into single pages.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support and warranty
- The maker states that PDF Chain comes without any warranty.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linuxpdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Supported system family
- The maker describes PDF Chain as a program for Unix-like systems.pdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 12 Oct 2026
- Text editing
- Nopdfchain.sourceforge.io · read 20 Sep 2026
