Adobe® PDF Library

Solving Complex PDF Workflows

Streamline development with reliable Adobe technology, easy-to-use APIs, and expert support—so you can build faster, smarter, and with confidence.

Supported Platforms

Windows
Linux
macOS
C
C++
.NET Framework
.NET Core
Java

Features

Create & Modify

Annotate, split, merge, flatten, add bookmarks, links and labels, underline, highlight, add content, change color spaces and linearize.

Convert

Programmatically convert documents: PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF/A, PDF/X, ZUGFeRD, EPS, PS; XPS, EPS and PS to PDF.

Forms

Import and export forms data, flatten static XFA and dynamic XFA forms, convert XFA, to AcroForm.

Security

Set, change and remove passwords, encryption and decryption, redaction, set permissions, watermark and lock documents.

Text

Search, extract text by pattern, region and annotations, insert header and footer, add glyphs, Unicode and vertical text, and OCR (optical character recognition).

Images

Extract, import and export, render, rasterize, create thumbnails, transparencies and separations, find image resolutions, calculate DPI and preview output.

Datalogics delivers unmatched accuracy and reliability in handling the latest Adobe PDF specifications. There’s a reason we have a 91% retention rate.

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"Great use in consideration of time-to-market due to the distinct functionality of the software and the ability to manipulate PDFs."

Adobe PDF Library
SOURCEFORGE
4.5

"Adobe PDF Library is a very high-quality SDK for all things PDF."

Adobe PDF Library
SOURCEFORGE
4.5

"Adobe PDF Library has very thorough documentation, first class support, covers the entire PDF spec and has the same codebase as Acrobat."

Adobe PDF Library
SOURCEFORGE
4.5