PDFMate+ is a professional desktop PDF utility designed to merge, edit, compress, and manage PDF documents and images in a fast, intuitive, and reliable environment.
The application is built for developers, office users, students, and productivity-focused professionals who require an all-in-one offline PDF processing tool.
PDFMate+ emphasizes usability, performance, and reliability while providing advanced features such as drag-and-drop file management, page-level editing, optional compression, threaded processing, and modern light/dark UI themes.
This edition focuses on batch merging, page editing, preview metadata, background processing, and responsive user experience.
Download the latest Windows executable from GitHub Releases:
https://github.com/rogers-cyber/PDFMatePlus/releases
- No Python installation required
- Portable standalone executable
- Ready-to-run on Windows
- Optimized for productivity workflows
PDFMate+ is a commercial desktop utility.
This repository/documentation may include:
- Production-ready Python source code
- Compiled desktop executables (Windows)
- Commercial licensing system
- Offline license activation
Python is not required when using the compiled executable version.
CORE CAPABILITIES
- 📄 Merge multiple PDFs into one document
- 🖼 Merge images (JPG, PNG, TIFF) into PDF
- 📂 Batch file processing
- 📁 Folder import support
- 🔀 Drag & drop file ordering
- 🧭 Manual reorder controls
- ✂ Page-level editor (rotate, delete, split)
- 🗜 Optional PDF compression (Ghostscript)
- 🎨 Light & Dark theme toggle
- 📊 Real-time progress tracking
- 📜 Live processing logs
- 🛑 Safe cancellation support
FILE MANAGEMENT
PDFMate+ provides flexible file management:
- Add individual files
- Add folders recursively
- Drag & drop support
- Remove selected items
- Clear full list
- Reorder items by drag
- Move up / move down buttons
These capabilities enable fast preparation of merge workflows.
PDF MERGING SYSTEM
PDFMate+ merges PDFs and images into a single document.
Features include:
- Sequential merge order
- Image-to-PDF conversion
- Memory-efficient processing
- Background threaded execution
- Error-safe processing
The merged output is saved to a user-defined location.
PAGE EDITOR
PDFMate+ includes a built-in page editor.
Capabilities:
- Rotate pages (+90 / -90)
- Delete selected pages
- Split selected pages into new PDF
- Save edited PDF
- Replace original item automatically
This allows quick corrections before merging.
COMPRESSION SYSTEM
Optional PDF compression is available using Ghostscript.
Compression features:
- Reduce PDF file size
- Maintain readability
- Configurable quality levels
- Automatic fallback if unavailable
Ghostscript is optional and only required for compression.
PERFORMANCE & UX
PDFMate+ is optimized for responsiveness.
Features include:
- Multi-threaded processing engine
- Non-blocking UI
- ASCII progress bar
- ETA calculation
- Real-time logging
- Drag & drop support
- Theme switching
- Responsive layout
The application remains smooth during heavy processing.
STABILITY & SAFETY
Robust error handling ensures safe operation.
Safety mechanisms include:
- Thread-safe UI updates
- Exception-safe file processing
- Temporary working directory
- Automatic cleanup
- Stop processing safely
- Missing file detection
- File size limits
- Maximum file count limits
These mechanisms prevent crashes and data loss.
TOP CONTROL BAR
Main actions:
- Add Files
- Clear List
- Toggle Theme
- About
ITEM LIST PANEL
Displays files to merge.
Features:
- Drag to reorder
- Scrollable list
- Remove selected item
- Move up / down controls
- Page editor access
PREVIEW PANEL
Displays selected file metadata.
Information shown:
- File name
- File type
- File path
OPTIONS PANEL
Processing options include:
- Compress output PDF (Ghostscript)
OUTPUT PANEL
- Output filename input
- Save dialog support
- Start processing
- Stop processing
PROGRESS PANEL
Displays:
- ASCII progress bar
- Percentage
- ETA
- Processed count
- Progress bar widget
- Real-time log output
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/rogers-cyber/PDFMatePlus.git
Navigate to the project directory:
cd PDFMatePlus
- Install required dependencies:
pip install PyPDF2 pypdf pillow img2pdf tkinterdnd2 pyperclip cairosvg
Tkinter is included with standard Python installations.
- Run the application:
python PDFMatePlus.py
Ghostscript (for compression):
Ensure "gs" is available in system PATH.
You can create a standalone Windows executable using PyInstaller.
Install PyInstaller:
pip install pyinstaller
Build the application:
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "PDFMatePlus" --icon=logo.ico PDFMatePlus.py
The compiled executable will appear in:
dist/PDFMatePlus.exe
- Add Files
Click:
Add Files
or drag and drop PDFs/images.
- Reorder Files
Drag items in the list
or use Move Up / Move Down.
- Edit Pages (Optional)
Select a PDF
Click:
Split / Edit Pages
Rotate, delete, or split pages.
- Configure Options
Enable compression if desired.
- Set Output File
Enter output filename
or choose save location.
- Merge Files
Click:
Merge/Process
Monitor progress and logs.
- Stop Processing
Click:
Stop
Safely cancels operation.
PDFMate+ maintains real-time logs.
- All operations shown in log panel
- Errors displayed without crashing
- Safe exception handling
- Thread-safe logging
- Processing continues when possible
PDFMatePlus/
├── PDFMatePlus.py
├── splash.png
├── logo.ico
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
Generated at runtime:
├── ~/.pdfmate/settings.ini
├── ~/.pdfmate/license.dat
Python 3.9+
Libraries used:
- PyPDF2
- pypdf
- pillow
- img2pdf
- tkinterdnd2
- pyperclip
- cairosvg
- tkinter
- threading
- tempfile
- configparser
- logging
- subprocess
- hashlib
- queue
- datetime
- os
- sys
- time
- shutil
PDFMate+ is ideal for:
- Merging PDF documents
- Combining scanned images
- Preparing reports
- Document packaging
- Office workflows
- Developer utilities
- Batch PDF automation
- File size reduction
- Page-level PDF editing
The tool is optimized for offline productivity workflows.
PDFMate+ is developed by Mate Technologies, focused on building professional offline productivity tools for Windows users.
Website:
© 2026 Mate Technologies
All rights reserved.
PDFMate+ is commercial software.
License terms:
- Personal and commercial use allowed
- Redistribution not permitted
- Repackaging or resale prohibited
- Modification for private use allowed
- Standalone executable permitted
- License activation required
For commercial licensing or enterprise deployment, contact the developer.