Dedicated PDF workspace
PDFKite Desktop launches into a document workspace instead of exposing the local engine/status page.
PDFKite Desktop
A real PDF app, with local processing underneath
Open PDFs in a dedicated app window, review documents, save copies, merge/split pages, rotate, compress, repair, OCR, convert and protect files without sending document bytes to PDFKite.
Most Intel/AMD Windows PCs use x64.
Documents stay on your PC
The native processing service binds to localhost only. Temporary work files are removed when processing finishes or the app exits.
Viewer + page operations
Open and preview PDFs, undo local transformations, rotate, extract, delete/reorder pages, merge files and download the current working copy.
Native quality tools
qpdf, Ghostscript, OCRmyPDF/Tesseract and LibreOffice are used for operations where browser-only processing is not enough.
Website integration
The website can securely detect PDFKite Desktop from approved origins and hand native-only work to the local app.
Business deployment
The package includes dependency setup and can be repackaged for managed Windows deployment after your organization signs the executable/installer.
What installs
PDFKite itself is a portable Windows application. Native processing features require the listed local dependencies. The included PowerShell setup script checks and installs them with Windows Package Manager where available.
PDFKite.exe + local document workspace + qpdf + Ghostscript + LibreOffice + Tesseract/OCRmyPDF integrations