OmniTools vs PdfCraft
OmniTools and PdfCraft are both PDF tools software. OmniTools is open source under MIT, with 11k GitHub stars. PdfCraft is open source under Apache-2.0, with 19k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick OmniTools when
- You want an ad-free in-house replacement for the scattered online converter and formatter sites staff use.
- Pick PdfCraft when
- You want to try a fast native PDF workbench and do not need it to be dependable yet.
Side by side
A self-hosted web app with many everyday tools for images, video, PDFs, text, JSON, lists and numbers, all processed in the browser.
A PDF reader and editor written in Rust for macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and the web, for reading, organising, combining, splitting and securing PDFs.
Pre-1.0 with a broad but shallow feature set; heavy video work is limited by the browser.
Created one month ago; very high star count but no track record, and a from-scratch PDF engine will have rendering gaps.
Usable
Experimental
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Desktop app and cloud service
TypeScript, React, Vite and Tailwind CSS
Rust
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
11k GitHub stars
19k GitHub stars
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v0.7.0.
New: started 1 month ago, latest release v0.18.0.
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.