BentoPDF
Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser.
Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 600 commits in the past 12 months
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 16.3k
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Latest release
- v2.8.11
2026-10-31 - Commits (12 mo)
- 600
- Releases (12 mo)
- 10+
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Language / platform
- Nodejs, Docker
Maintenance health: Active
Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 600 commits in the past 12 months.
How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).
Run BentoPDF yourself
- RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
- Docker: yes
- Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.
- OCR jobs are CPU-intensive
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 2 GB | $10 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 2 GB | $12 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 2 GB | $12 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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