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StirlingPDF

Docker app from Froodle's Repository

Overview

Stirling PDF (S-PDF) SPDF is a locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting and converting PDFs and more advanced features like OCR and compression Additional Unraid docker settings in advanced section if required The majority of variable settings override any settings in /configs/settings.yml You can edit setting there instead of using docker variables if you want (You would need to remove them from docker to avoid override)

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Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform

Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.

Stirling PDF - Dashboard

Key Capabilities

Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.

For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com

Quick Start

docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf

Then open: http://localhost:8080

For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.

Resources

Support

Community: Discord
Bug Reports: GitHub Issues

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run task dev to get started running the editor, run task to see the most common commands, or see the Developer Guide for full details.

For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.

License

Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.

Install StirlingPDF on Unraid in a few clicks.

Find StirlingPDF in Community Apps on your Unraid server, review the template, and click Install. Unraid handles the Docker app or plugin setup from the published template.

Open the Apps tab on your Unraid server Search Community Apps for StirlingPDF Review the template variables and paths Click Install

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Categories

Productivity Tools > Utilities Media App > Books Media App > Other

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Details

Repository

stirlingtools/stirling-pdf

Registry

https://hub.docker.com/r/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf

Last Updated2026-06-29

First Seen2025-06-19

Runtime arguments

Web UI: http://[IP]:[PORT:8080]
Network: bridge
Shell: sh
Privileged: false

Template configuration

portPorttcp

Target: 8080
Value: 8080

SYSTEM_GOOGLEVISIBILITYVariable

'true' to allow Google visibility (via robots.txt), 'false' to disallow

Value: false

SYSTEM_DEFAULT_LOCALEVariable

Value: en-GB

configsPathrw

Target: /configs
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/Stirling-PDF/configs/

CustomFilesPathrw

Target: /customFiles
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/Stirling-PDF/customFiles

METRICS_ENABLEDVariable

Value: true

SYSTEM_CONNECTIONTIMEOUTMINUTESVariable

set custom connection timeout values

Value: 3000000

SYSTEM_ROOT_URI_PATHVariable

changes the websites root path, ie if set to pdf-app to application will be viewable at address localhost:8080/pdf-app instead of localhost:8080/

Value: /