PDFForge is a full PDF editor that never sends a page to a server. Work through a thumbnail rail to rotate, delete, duplicate, reorder, extract or merge pages; mark documents up with text, highlights, shapes, freehand pen and image stamps; stamp diagonal watermarks and headers or footers with automatic page numbering; fill in AcroForm fields and flatten the result; and search the whole document with Ctrl+F. When a file needs protecting, it applies genuine 128-bit AES or RC4 encryption with individual permissions for printing, copying, editing and annotating. Redaction is real — the marked region is rasterized and replaced, so the underlying text is gone rather than hidden behind a black box.
What it does
Page organiser: rotate, delete, duplicate, insert blanks, drag-reorder, extract and merge in other PDFs
Annotate with text, highlight, rectangle, ellipse, line, freehand pen and image stamps — move, resize and restyle any of them
Diagonal watermarks plus headers and footers across six slots with {n}, {N}, {title} and {date} tokens
Fill AcroForm text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns and lists, then flatten to a finished PDF
Genuine 128-bit AES / RC4 password protection with per-permission control over printing, copying and editing
True redaction that rasterizes and replaces the region so the original text cannot be recovered
Full-document Ctrl+F search, unlimited undo and redo, and an unsaved-changes guard
Export to a new PDF or to PNG / JPEG at any DPI you choose
Editable document metadata, drag-and-drop opening, and light and dark themes
Windows installer (.exe) — installs in a couple of clicks, no extra runtimes needed
Platform:
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Version:
1.0.0
Download size:
79 MB
Requires:
Runs fully offline. No account, no subscription, no internet connection needed. Not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run - choose More info, then Run anyway.
Licence:
Free forever to open, view, annotate, fill forms, search and reorganise pages. A licence key unlocks saving edited PDFs and all export formats.
