https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/pdf/ Recent content in Pdf on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-02-stirling-pdf-vs-gotenberg-vs-ocrmypdf-self-hosted-pdf-processing-guide/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-02-stirling-pdf-vs-gotenberg-vs-ocrmypdf-self-hosted-pdf-processing-guide/ <p>If you handle PDFs — whether that is merging documents, converting HTML to PDF, adding watermarks, or extracting text from scanned images — you have three main self-hosted options, each with a very different approach. Stirling-PDF gives you a full web interface with 50+ PDF tools. Gotenberg provides a Docker-based HTTP API for programmatic PDF generation and conversion. OCRmyPDF adds optical character recognition to scanned PDFs, making them searchable and accessible.</p>