What is Signature PDF (pdf.24eme.fr)?

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Signature PDF (pdf.24eme.fr) is a free, open-source online tool for signing and manipulating PDF files in your browser. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and the site's own description lists signing, organizing, metadata editing, and compression as its core functions. The site requires JavaScript to work, so it will not function if JavaScript is disabled in your browser.

What you can do with it

The tool groups its features into four areas, based on the site's own menu:

Sign

  • Add a signature
  • Add initials
  • Add a stamp
  • Type text
  • Strike through text
  • Allow multiple people to sign via a shared link
  • Sign with the server certificate
  • Add a watermark

Organize

  • Combine multiple PDF files
  • Reorder pages
  • Extract pages
  • Rotate pages
  • Change or standardize the paper size
  • Delete pages
  • Generate a booklet
  • Convert images to PDF

Metadata

  • Add, edit, or remove metadata from a PDF
  • OCR (text detection in images contained in the PDF)

Compress

  • Compress and reduce the size of a PDF

Who it is for

This tool fits situations where you need to handle a PDF quickly without installing desktop software:

  • You receive a contract or form as a PDF and need to add a signature, initials, or a date.
  • You need several people to sign the same document, and you want to collect signatures through a shared link rather than emailing the file back and forth.
  • You have scanned pages or images that need to be combined, reordered, rotated, or resized into a standard paper format.
  • You want to shrink a large PDF before sending it by email.
  • You need to clean up or edit document metadata, or run OCR so the text inside scanned images becomes detectable.

Things to know before you start

  • JavaScript is required. The site states it is not functional without JavaScript enabled, so check your browser settings if the page appears blank or inactive.
  • It runs in the browser. The site presents itself as an online tool, so no installation is described.
  • It is open source. The site identifies the project as free open-source software under the AGPL-3.0 license and links to its source code.
  • Pricing is not specified in the available information. The site describes the software as free and open source, but no pricing page or payment details are provided in the source material, so treat cost-related questions as unconfirmed beyond that description.
  • The interface is multilingual. The site lists Arabic, German, English, Spanish, Basque, French, Italian, Galician, Kabyle, Dutch, Occitan, Polish, Romanian, Tamil, and Turkish as available languages.

Quick decision guide

If you need to… Relevant feature area
Sign alone or collect signatures from several people Sign
Merge, split, rotate, resize, or delete pages Organize
Turn images into a PDF or build a booklet Organize
Edit document properties or extract text from scans Metadata
Reduce file size Compress

If your task falls into one of these categories and you can run JavaScript in your browser, Signature PDF is a direct option to try. If you need features outside this list, the site's menu as described here does not cover them.