Is there a FOSS selfhosteable alternative to iLovePDF? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Maicon@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For those who don't know what iLovePDF is, it basically allows you to convert a literal equal copy of PDF into docx or a format more suited towards editing on LibreOffice/OpenOffice and some other things related to PDF, rarely losing some visual formatting when it does its usually related to the font but its not so often

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 6 points 1 day ago

LibeOffice Writer opens pdf's just fine. Just save it as odt afterwards. Probably can't do complex pdf's this way, but in that case you shouldn't really convert the pdf anyway as it will almost always loose some of the formatting or layout in the process.

[-] petri@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

its not as effective as StirlingPDF, people using iLovePDF usually need it because they have to edit a PDF with customized footer/upper part of the page and just opening with LibreOffice Writer definitely will not maintain that. keeping the content and format are two different things, so if you are just opening a simple PDF without much formatting then yes maybe you dont need something like StirlingPDF and just directly opening with LibreOffice Writer will suffice

load more comments (3 replies)

this post was submitted on 15 May 2025

55 points (100.0% liked)

Selfhosted

46672 readers

579 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.
No spam posting.
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.
Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
No trolling.

Resources:

selfh.st Newsletter and index of selfhosted software and apps
awesome-selfhosted software
awesome-sysadmin resources
Self-Hosted Podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.hybridsarcasm.xyz