Open Satchel is an early public beta for local-first PDF work: editing, redaction, signing, forms, OCR, compression, and cleanup. Expect rough edges while the 1.0 path stabilizes. Nothing is uploaded, you don't need an account, and your exports carry no watermark.
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Open Satchel works on your documents where they already live, with no upload, no watermark, no account and no subscription. They are your files, and they stay that way.
Files live in your filesystem. We open them on your machine. Nothing about normal PDF editing needs an internet connection.
PDF editing, signing, redaction, forms, OCR, conversion, and cleanup are active beta workflows, with known limitations documented in the public repo.
The public editor is free under AGPL. Organizations that need non-AGPL terms, signed builds, support, SDK/source access, or OEM rights can license those separately.
Open Satchel reads PDFs from your disk and saves edited PDFs where you choose. It keeps no library or inbox of its own: move a file in Finder and it moves in Satchel too, delete it in the terminal and it's gone, with no cloud copy left to clean up.
Edit text, move images, reorder pages, fill forms, sign, OCR, redact, compress, convert, and validate without turning your document into a cloud upload. Some advanced PDFs will still expose beta rough edges.
Open Satchel collects no telemetry or “anonymous usage data,” needs no account, has no cloud sync and calls no AI services. Normal document processing stays on your computer. The only network activity is signed update checks, opt-in signing verification calls, and one-time OCR language downloads.
the network inventory is public, so you can check it with your firewall
The public beta is focused on PDF editing: text, pages, images, redaction, forms, OCR, signatures, compression, cleanup, and local export workflows. Office round-trips currently rely on a LibreOffice sidecar; native Word, Excel, and PowerPoint engines are roadmap modules.
Open Satchel is a free public beta local-first PDF editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Commercial licensing is available for organizations that need non-AGPL terms, SDK/source access, OEM rights, signed builds, procurement docs, or support.