PdfCraft for macOS — Free Native Adobe Acrobat Pro Replacement on Apple Silicon & Intel

Download PdfCraft v0.11.0 Universal .DMG for macOS. Free open-source Apple Silicon Metal GPU replacement for Adobe Acrobat Pro supporting .pdf, .fdf, .xfdf offline with $0 subscription.

Web WASM

Windows 10/11 (.exe) →Linux (.AppImage / .tar.gz) →Mac & Linux Setup Guide →

PdfCraft v0.11.0 — Authentic Native Capture

Fullscreen Studio

PdfCraft v0.11.0 authentic studio interface

Runs 100% on your device via WebAssembly — zero files uploaded to any server.67 MB RUST · 95 MB RAM

02APPLE METAL & FORMAT SUPPORT

.pdf .fdf .xfdf

PdfCraft v0.11.0 on macOS 12–15

✓80+ local PDF tools: merge, split, reorder, crop, flatten, and redact permanently
✓Edit PDF text paragraphs directly, fill interactive forms, and apply digital signatures
✓Built-in offline OCR engine and AES-256 password encryption with zero cloud uploads
✓Replaces bloated 2 GB Acrobat installs with a single 67 MB Rust binary
✓Batch-process thousands of invoices or contracts via built-in CLI & MCP

First Launch on macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)

Open the Universal .DMG, drag ArteCraft.app to /Applications, and clear the unsigned open-source quarantine flag once in Terminal if macOS Gatekeeper prompts:

# macOS Terminal (M1/M2/M3/M4 & Intel)
xattr -cr /Applications/PdfCraft.app
open -a /Applications/PdfCraft.app

Formats: .pdf, .fdf, .xfdf → Export: .pdf, .png, .jpg, .txt, .docx

03FAQ

Does PdfCraft run natively on Apple Silicon M1, M2, M3, and M4 Macs without Rosetta?

Yes. PdfCraft ships as a Universal macOS binary containing native ARM64 machine code and Apple Metal wgpu shaders alongside x86_64 support for Intel Macs.

How do I bypass the macOS Gatekeeper warning on community open-source builds?

Right-click the app in /Applications and choose Open, or run xattr -cr /Applications/ArteCraft.app once in macOS Terminal.