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Edit, convert, compress, organise, sign and scan PDF files.
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KovaPDF puts the PDF jobs people do every day in one place. Open a file, pick a tool, and download the result.
Fix a line in a contract, shrink a heavy scan before emailing it, pull a table out of a bank statement into Excel, or send an agreement out for signatures. Each job takes a few clicks, and your document stays private.
Every tool works without an account. Sending a PDF for signatures is the one exception, because it has to know who sent the document. The developer API and the AI assistant connection are different: they always work through a KovaPDF account or an API key (see below).
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| PDF Editor | Change the existing text in place in its original font, and add images, shapes, links and comments |
| Compress PDF | Make a file small enough to email or upload, with the text kept sharp |
| Merge PDF | Join several files in the order you choose |
| Split PDF | Pull pages or ranges out into new files |
| PDF to Word | Turn a PDF into a Word document you can edit |
| PDF to Excel | Turn tables into a workbook |
| OCR PDF | Make scanned pages searchable and selectable |
| Sign PDF | Draw, type or upload your signature and place it on the page |
| Request Signatures | Send a PDF to others, see who signed, and get the finished file back |
| Redact PDF | Remove names, numbers and other private details for good |
Everything else
- Convert from PDF: PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, plain text
- Convert to PDF: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, images, HTML, CSV, text, ZIP
- Organise pages: rotate, crop, reorder, delete, add blank pages, page numbers
- Stamp and polish: watermarks, headers and footers, scan clean-up, resize
- Forms: fill in forms, and turn a document into a fillable form
- Security: password protect, unlock, digital signatures with a certificate, and a signature checker
- Reading help: summarize and translate a PDF
- Windows app for Windows 10 and 11, with a PDF reader and tools that work offline.
- Phone app and scanner: point your camera at a page, and it finds the edges, cleans the background and makes a PDF.
- Team and Business workspaces: shared seats, groups and support requests for teams that send documents for signature together.
| What it is | What you need | |
|---|---|---|
| MCP server | https://mcp.kovapdf.com: use KovaPDF tools from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and other MCP clients |
A KovaPDF account (a free one is enough to start) |
| Developer API | PDF tools (upload, run a job, download), signature requests with webhooks, digital signatures and signature checks | An API key |
| JavaScript SDK and CLI | npm install @kovapdf/sdk |
An API key |
| Python SDK | pip install kovapdf |
An API key |
| n8n node | Send PDFs for signature and check signatures in n8n workflows | An API key |
| Bijoy ⇄ Unicode | Open source (MIT) Bangla converter for JavaScript and Python | Nothing: it runs offline |
| Kruti Dev ⇄ Unicode | Open source (MIT) Hindi converter for JavaScript and Python | Nothing: it runs offline |
The PDF tools themselves run on KovaPDF's servers and are not open source. Plugins for Claude Code, Gemini CLI and Cursor connect to the same MCP server. Start here: https://www.kovapdf.com/developers/docs
- Many tools run entirely in your browser, so those files never leave your device.
- Files that need the server travel over an encrypted connection and are deleted as soon as the job is done. Documents sent for signature are the exception; they are kept so others can sign them.
- Only a record that a tool ran is kept, never what was inside your file.
More on the security page.
The site works in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Bangla, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese and Filipino.
Found a bug, or missing a tool you need? Tell us on the contact page.