PEP
PEP - Free & Open Source PDF Editor for Mac
Install / Use
/learn @orklann/PEPREADME
PEP
PEP is an acronym for PDF Editing Program (for Mac). It's a free and open source PDF editor for Mac. It is a lightweight alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
For now, PEP is work-in-progress and it's constantly updated everyday.
Currently working on the core, a PDF engine called Gene from scratch.
PEP is now able to open and edit external PDFs, and save as new PDF. please check it out in the download page for alpha version.
What I am working on
I update PEP almost everyday. Please check out the official website (PEP) to see news and downloads.
Join the community
Join our discord to chat with other people about PEP, or anything on PDFs.
Patreon
Show your love, If you would like to show your appreciation or even help fund development, the project has a Patreon page.
Roadmap
A simple Roadmap is presented on Github.
Screenshots

How to build
- Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/orklann/PEP.git - Install the latest Xcode
- Open
PEP.xcodeprojin thePEPfolder - Build the project
- Run it
License
GPLv2.0
see LICENSE file for more details.
Author
Aaron Elkins (rkt)
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