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PageForge

A free, open-source PDF app for Windows. Version 0.13.1

Read, annotate, fill in, sign, organize, compare and redact PDFs, with text recognition (OCR) for scanned pages. Your documents stay on your computer: PageForge does not upload them. The only network use is the optional Help ▸ Check for updates command, which asks GitHub for the latest release when you choose it.

Download

For Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

Installer (MSI)

Installs for all users and needs administrator rights. Adds Start menu entries and, if you wish, "Edit with PageForge" to the right-click menu.

Download the installer47 MB

Portable zip

No installation: unzip into a folder and run pageforge.exe. Settings stay in a folder beside the program.

Download the portable zip56 MB

Not code-signed yet. We have applied for a signing certificate. Until it arrives, Windows SmartScreen will show "Windows protected your PC" the first time you run these files. That is expected for unsigned programs. Check the checksum below, then choose More info, then Run anyway.

How to install

With the installer

  1. Download the .msi file and check its checksum (below).
  2. Double-click it. If SmartScreen appears, choose More info, then Run anyway. Answer Yes to the administrator prompt.
  3. Follow the wizard, then start PageForge from the Start menu.
  4. To make it your default PDF app: Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Default apps. The installer never changes your default by itself.

To remove it: Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Installed apps ▸ PageForge ▸ Uninstall.

With the portable zip

  1. Right-click the zip, choose Extract All…, and pick a folder you own, such as C:\Tools\PageForge. Don't run it from inside the zip.
  2. If the program won't start, right-click the zip before extracting, open Properties, tick Unblock, press OK, and extract again.
  3. Run pageforge.exe. To remove it, delete the folder.

Check your download

In PowerShell, in the folder you downloaded to:

Get-FileHash .\pageforge-0.13.1-windows-x64.msi -Algorithm SHA256

The result must match the SHA-256 below. If it doesn't, delete the file and download it again.

FileSHA-256
pageforge-0.13.1-windows-x64.msi747eb6ba467a91797e78dfdfdf769181dc1eca2205e8648079247828931ef65a
pageforge-0.13.1-windows-x64-portable.zip7b171e90e96cdc0a9bd5526492325654253cf40835ab74fd7c18d11aaa4f1ebc

The same list is in SHA256SUMS.txt. Full instructions: install guide.

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