Rework the custom Windows chrome from a dedicated full-width title bar (which wasted the top row and stopped the rail/panels reaching the window edge) into an overlay: minimize/maximize/close pinned to the top-right corner, with the app's own chrome reserving that corner. - WindowTitleBar is a fixed top-right overlay; it publishes --wincontrols-w and --wincontrols-h for the app to reserve against. - AppFrame/AppLayout revert to full height, so the rail, sidebars, workbench and search run all the way to the top again. - Reserve the controls' corner wherever app chrome reaches the window's right edge: the tool-panel header (PDF Tools + active tools like Automate), the collapsed panel's expand toggle, and the files-page header. - Drag the window (and double-click-maximize) from any non-interactive spot in the top strip via a document-level hit test, since data-tauri-drag-region only fires on bare container backgrounds. All reservations key off --wincontrols-w (0 unless the Windows custom chrome is active), so macOS/Linux/web are unaffected.
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.
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.

