PdfDing

PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

Active Last commit · 19 releases in the past year

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At a glance

Codeberg stars
26
Forks
2
Open issues
10
Last commit
2026-11-01
Latest release
v1.15.0
2026-11-01
Commits (12 mo)
–
Releases (12 mo)
19
License
AGPL-3.0
Language / platform
Docker, K8S

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 19 releases in the past year.

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 the Codeberg API.

Run PdfDing 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

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

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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