how this compare with https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF ?
i have this hosted, should i switch?
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It depends on you use case. Stirling PDF focuses on performing various operations like splitting, cropping and rotating on your PDFs. PdfDing has a different focus, it is all about reading and organizing your PDFs. I started this project because I wanted a web app where I can read longer PDFs seamlessly on my desktop and mobile devices.
The newly added editing features were implemented with the aim of improving the reading experience. If I find something important I can add an annotation or highlight something. When studying you can add free hand notes to your files.
I hope that helps in differentiating the two applications.
very cool, are you planning an android app?
It is not planned right now as I never developed an android app before. But who knows, I am also not a frontend dev, yet here we are :D
I am planning on developing a Rest API, hopefully I can do this in such a way that someone from community is able to create a mobile application.
I nowadays I don't see much benefit of dedicated Android apps in these cases (clients of hosted content). If your webapp works well for mobile browsers than making it a pwa is not much more than adding a single file and it feels pretty native to me. So you safe tons of development work. Or am I missing on something?
Have dimensioning and scaling on there? I have yet to find a good PDF program in Linux for working with architectural drawings. In Windows I use pdfxchange (and also through wine in Linux) but would love a native solution.
No this is not possible. However I think, that you can adjust the page size/scale with Stirling PDF.
Surprised to find a fellow pdfxchange user. I use it for work where I deal with a lot of electronics/components datasheets. Pdfxchange's search functionality/UI is superior to every other PDF viewer/editor I've tried. I'd love to find an open-source alternative.
PDFxchange is hands down the best PDF UI I've used. I switched from Acrobat a year ago expecting to be disappointed, but haven't had any issues. The ability to customize almost everything about the software was what sold me and I'll never be able to go back to the horrible experience of Acrobat.
It's so much better than the other PDF things I've used. I can measure drawings, set dimensioning scale, comment, edit, all easily. I don't know why more software doesn't take their lead. Bluebeam is industry standard for my world and it's way more expensive and way worse of a product. Pdfxchange users unite!
Do I understand correct that it is a document manager, specialized on PDFs? I tried various EDMs for personal use (e.g. Mayan, paperless), but was never really happy, so maybe I find time to give it a spin.
t is all about reading and organizing your PDFs. I started this project because I wanted a web app where I can read longer PDFs seamlessly on my desktop and mobile devices.
Yes, you do. I do not know however you complex the management part needs to be for you. You could give it a try and if you are missing something just create an issue on github and I see what I can do :)