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Ayaan PDF

The PDF editor that edits the words on the page. Most PDF apps let you add notes on top of a page. Ayaan PDF lets you change the page itself: click a line, type, and it stays real text, correctly shaped even in Hindi and Myanmar. Read, mark up, sign and truly edit your PDFs. Free, open source, and it works offline.

C# / WinUI 3 ยท Rust + PDFium ยท Windows 10 & 11 ยท MIT licensed
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Why Ayaan PDF

โœ๏ธ Edit the words on the page

Click a line and type. English, Hindi and Myanmar are reshaped as you go, paragraphs reflow, and the result is real text you can search. Burmese typing through KeyMagic works too.

๐Ÿ” Turn scans into text

Recognize text reads English, Hindi and Myanmar, and 112 more languages are one download away. The page looks the same, but now you can search it, select it and copy from it.

๐Ÿ“– Look up any word

Right-click an English word for its meaning, with the Myanmar and Hindi translations right underneath. No internet needed.

๐Ÿ”ค Text boxes in your language

Write Hindi, Myanmar or English in any font on your PC. It is shaped properly and the font goes inside the PDF, so it looks right wherever the file goes.

โœจ Effects that travel

Give shapes gradient fills, soft shadows and glows. They are saved into the PDF itself, so every PDF reader shows them, not just this one.

๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Rescue old documents

Pages typed in old fonts like Kruti Dev, Zawgyi or Win Innwa are spotted for you, and can be recognised into proper, searchable Unicode text.

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Mark up and sign

Highlight, draw, add notes and stamps like APPROVED or PAID, and save your signature once to place it on any document.

๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Pages your way

Drag pages to reorder them. Insert, extract, rotate or delete them, or merge PDFs and pictures into one new file.

Good to know

๐Ÿ“ฅ Installs in a minute

It installs just for you, so no administrator rights are needed. It isn't code-signed, so if SmartScreen warns you, click More info, then Run anyway.

๐Ÿ”’ Your files stay on your PC

No account, no tracking, and nothing about you or your files leaves your PC. It checks for a newer version when it starts and lets you know, but never installs anything by itself. Otherwise it goes online only when you download a recognition language or click a web link.

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ One window, many tabs

Double-click PDFs in File Explorer and each opens as a tab. Press F1 any time to see every keyboard shortcut.