# Technical Documentation: torakiki/pdfsam

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## 1. Project Overview & Quickstart (torakiki/pdfsam)

PDFsam (PDF Split And Merge)
==============================

Official SCM repository for PDFsam Basic, a free and open source, multi-platform software designed to extract pages, split, merge, mix and rotate PDF files.    

[](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html)



Where
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Official website [pdfsam.org](https://pdfsam.org/ "PDFsam")

License
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Since version 3 PDFsam Basic is open source under the [GNU Affero General Public License], previous versions are released under GPLv2.

Requirements
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PDFsam Basic is written using JavaFX. Since version 4 it is released as a self-contained application and bundles a jlinked JDK while version 3 requires a Java Runtime Environment 8 with JavaFx installed in order to run.

Documentation
-------------------
Some [documentation](https://pdfsam.org/documentation/) and [FAQ](https://pdfsam.org/faq/)

Build
-------------------
This is a [simple guide](https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/wiki/Build-and-run) that can help you to build PDFsam Basic

Contribute
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Contributes are more then welcome, just please make sure you first read the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)   

Translations
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If you want to contribute translating PDFsam to your language you can do it [here](https://translations.launchpad.net/pdfsam/pdfsam-v3)

Tips and tweaks  
------------------
A list of properties and arguments that can tweak PDFsam behavior can be found [here](https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/wiki/Properties-and-arguments) 

  [GNU Affero General Public License]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

## 2. In-Tree Documentation Chapters (torakiki/pdfsam)

PDFsam (PDF Split And Merge)
==============================

Official SCM repository for PDFsam Basic, a free and open source, multi-platform software designed to extract pages, split, merge, mix and rotate PDF files.    

[](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html)



Where
-------------------
Official website [pdfsam.org](https://pdfsam.org/ "PDFsam")

License
-------------------
Since version 3 PDFsam Basic is open source under the [GNU Affero General Public License], previous versions are released under GPLv2.

Requirements
-------------------
PDFsam Basic is written using JavaFX. Since version 4 it is released as a self-contained application and bundles a jlinked JDK while version 3 requires a Java Runtime Environment 8 with JavaFx installed in order to run.

Documentation
-------------------
Some [documentation](https://pdfsam.org/documentation/) and [FAQ](https://pdfsam.org/faq/)

Build
-------------------
This is a [simple guide](https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/wiki/Build-and-run) that can help you to build PDFsam Basic

Contribute
------------------
Contributes are more then welcome, just please make sure you first read the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)   

Translations
------------------
If you want to contribute translating PDFsam to your language you can do it [here](https://translations.launchpad.net/pdfsam/pdfsam-v3)

Tips and tweaks  
------------------
A list of properties and arguments that can tweak PDFsam behavior can be found [here](https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/wiki/Properties-and-arguments) 

  [GNU Affero General Public License]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

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