How to Deploy Stirling PDF Locally with Docker – A Complete Guide
This article introduces the open‑source Stirling PDF web tool, explains its privacy‑friendly features, and provides step‑by‑step instructions for pulling the Docker image, configuring the container, and accessing the PDF processor locally.
Hello, I’m DD.
Today I recommend an open‑source project you’ll likely use daily: Stirling PDF .
Stirling PDF is a web‑based PDF processing tool that can be self‑hosted with Docker. It supports splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing, and more.
According to the official screenshot, this locally hosted web application is a comprehensive PDF solution that can meet almost all PDF needs.
Stirling PDF does not record or track any outbound calls. Files and PDFs either stay on the client, reside only in server memory during task execution, or exist temporarily as a file during processing, ensuring strong privacy protection.
If you frequently work with PDFs, consider deploying your own instance on Docker. Below are the steps for setting it up:
Open Docker, search for frooodle/s-pdf , and click Pull .
After the pull completes, click Run . Configure as needed and set a port (e.g., 9000).
Once started, access the tool at http://localhost:9000 to use your self‑hosted PDF processor.
You don’t need to worry about the interface being all English; the language can be switched via the top‑right corner.
The Chinese localization is thorough, allowing most users to get started quickly.
That’s all for today; I hope this tool proves useful to you.
Programmer DD
A tinkering programmer and author of "Spring Cloud Microservices in Action"
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