Signature PDF

Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing.

Actively maintained

At a glance

GitHub stars
832
Forks
113
Open issues & PRs
73
Last activity
2026-10-22
Latest release
v1.11.0
2026-10-22
Commits (12 mo)
110
License
AGPL-3.0
Language / platform
PHP, deb, Docker

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months. GitHub data fetched 2026-11-03.

Run Signature PDF yourself

  • RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes
  • Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.
  • OCR jobs are CPU-intensive

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Prefer managed hosting? Check PikaPods or Elestio.

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