Papir

A PDF app that changes documents, not just displays them

Merge two contracts into one, pull the pages you need out of a report, fill a form and sign it, get text out of a scan. Free readers cannot do this; paid ones charge every month for what you need once a month. Papir does it and charges nothing.

Download for Windows See what it does

Version 0.1.39 · 48.6 MB · 64-bit Windows 10 or 11

The Papir window: tabs for a contract and a Markdown file, the toolbar, the open contract

What it looks like

The merge dialog: the file list and the resulting page order — Combine several files into one — what free readers cannot do.

The markup bar: highlight, underline, strike out, note, pen and eraser — Highlight, underline, leave a note. Annotations come off for good, not just hidden.

Markdown: table of contents on the left, the rendered document on the right — Markdown, JSON, plain text and images open in the same window.

Reading mode: the document page with no toolbar and no tabs — Reading mode: nothing on screen but the page.

The same thing in your pocket

Papir for Android is not a cut-down copy but its own program for the phone: reader, markup, signing, document scanning with the camera. Documents stay on the phone — Android cloud backup is switched off for the app on purpose.

Papir home screen on a phone: tool tiles and a document card — Library and tools

An agreement open in the Papir reader on a phone — Reading

Signing screen: a page of the agreement and a hint on how to sign — Signing

Download the APK

Version 0.21.4, 38 MB. Android 12 and newer. Installed from the file, bypassing Play — the phone will ask for permission.

SHA-256: 277241dfff0196cc3f03bb53813c19ed26b6ed0aff932b63cfdf98fd8e716b8d checksums

What it does

More than PDFs

Markdown, JSON, plain text, code with highlighting and images — same tabs, same window.

Edits, not just displays

Merge, split, reorder and delete pages, rotate, export a selection into a new file.

Forms, signatures, annotations

Fill fields, sign by hand, highlight and comment — with the option to remove annotations for good rather than hide them.

OCR for scans

A page that was an image becomes a page you can search and copy from.

Runs locally

Documents are sent only to an AI service or server you connect yourself, with your own key. Apart from that, the app goes online only for updates and models.

Free with no catch

No trial period, no watermarks, no ads, no account. Free forever — but the source is closed: free of charge and open source are two different things.

Windows will say “Unknown publisher”

The installer is not signed with a certificate yet — that costs money, and it is planned. Until then Windows shows a blue SmartScreen dialog. To continue: “More info” → “Run anyway”

To confirm you downloaded the right file, check its hash. In PowerShell:

Get-FileHash .\Papir-Desktop_0.1.39_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 498d943ffca281e1b731374410aa18e23103cfbbf287d9f7ada56121435dfa3c

Why it exists

I wrote it to replace Foxit for myself: opening contracts in an app that shows ads got old. It started as a reader, then grew the things other apps charge for — merging, page editing, forms, signatures, OCR. I use it every day, so it gets fixed fast. It is free because it was already written.

Something is broken

Tell me — nearly everything in this app was fixed because someone complained. Report a problem. Sign in with Telegram; the reply arrives there.

A minute to install, nothing to pay

Version 0.1.39 · 48.6 MB · 64-bit Windows 10 or 11

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