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Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#51

I'd love it if this could be integrated into Paperless. Every now and then one of my scanned documents goes in upside down and I need to rescan. Clicking rotate, maybe reordering and letting it be rescanned would be great.

The latest version of paperless-ngx can rotate documents. Check it out!

Perfect timing, thank you.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#52
post #24

I host this at home. I don't use it myself, I can use the linux CLI tools that its based on. But I prefer my wife to use this to convert/split/etc. her pdf files this way instead of using some random website or app (that uses the same cli tool anyway). She doesn't mind either way. Seems to work well enough for her use cases.

You should just get a perpetual license to a PDF tool for $70. Best money ever spent. And get a portable exe version too.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#53

I'd love it if this could be integrated into Paperless. Every now and then one of my scanned documents goes in upside down and I need to rescan. Clicking rotate, maybe reordering and letting it be rescanned would be great.

Ouch. Rotate the document in a pdf reader. And Print to pdf.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The claim, or the software? If the software was developed by ChatGPT it probably sucks. If it wasn't developed by ChatGPT, its author is a liar. So either way, fuck it.

Who cares if it was developed by ChatGPT if it actually works? Why not try it out first before crapping on someone's hard Open Source work?

PDF software / readers are reliably the least reliable, most likely to have security issues programs on any given machine. I for one would not run C code blindly copied from ChatGPT carelessly.

In this case I think the actual PDF bits are command line tools written by humans though, and just the web wrapping (some small initial piece of it) is originally from ChatGPT.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#56
post #24

I host this at home. I don't use it myself, I can use the linux CLI tools that its based on. But I prefer my wife to use this to convert/split/etc. her pdf files this way instead of using some random website or app (that uses the same cli tool anyway). She doesn't mind either way. Seems to work well enough for her use cases.

You should just get a perpetual license to a PDF tool for $70. Best money ever spent. And get a portable exe version too.

They seem to have a working solution that they, and their wife, is happy with. Why should they spend money on a different solution?

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should just get a perpetual license to a PDF tool for $70. Best money ever spent. And get a portable exe version too.

They seem to have a working solution that they, and their wife, is happy with. Why should they spend money on a different solution?

Because it is two birds with one stone? Because it is one less system to maintain? Because it is superior to a web based UI with mutliple tools under different headers? because it is simple for even the least technical?

Suggestion is to use a free Pdf xchange editor by tracker software. And print the document to pdf when done.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

#58
post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They seem to have a working solution that they, and their wife, is happy with. Why should they spend money on a different solution?

Because it is two birds with one stone? Because it is one less system to maintain? Because it is superior to a web based UI with mutliple tools under different headers? because it is simple for even the least technical? Suggestion is to use a free Pdf xchange editor by tracker software. And print the document to pdf when done.

Counterpoint: A web service is one thing to maintain that then works on all devices, including mobile. A PDF tool needs to be installed.
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