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PDFKeeper

Open-source PDF document management system

Document Management ★ 241 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

PDFKeeper is an open-source PDF document management system for capturing, storing, organizing, and retrieving PDF documents. It supports full-text search and runs against an Oracle or PostgreSQL database backend.

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Key features

  • PDF capture and organization
  • Full-text search
  • PostgreSQL or Oracle backend
  • Cross-platform desktop client

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Written in C#
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is PDFKeeper secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for PDFKeeper's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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