OnePDFPlease is a terminal-based PDF toolkit with vim keybindings providing a keyboard-driven interface for various PDF related tasks to ease the pain of working with PDFs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Merge PDFs.
- Split PDFs.
- Encrypt PDFs.
- Decrypt PDFs.
- Convert images to PDF.
- Extract embedded images from PDF.
- Convert DOC/DOCX to pdf (requires LibreOffice).
- Vim-style keybindings (j/k for navigation).
- Minimal UI with clear feedback and status.
Website: github.com/chetanjangir0/onepdfplease
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Developer: Chetan Jangir
License: MIT License

OnePDFPlease is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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