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Sign PDF files for free

JSignPdf is a Java application which adds digital signatures to PDF documents. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Add-On in OpenOffice.org. JSignPdf is open-source software and can be freely used in both private and business sectors.

JSignPdf windows

Downloading

Choose Download item in menu. You will be redireted to the project pages. There are listed files to download, choose the newest version and save it on your computer. Unpack zip archive (e.g. use the WinZip) to your preferred place.

Windows users can download setup package, which contains Java Runtime as one component too.

Launching

To use JSignPdf, you need a Java Runtime Environment in version 5 and newer. Recomended Java version is 6 (supports Windows certificates).

Run JSignPdf.exe on Windows machine. If you don't use Windows or you want to add special parameters to the Java, run following from a command line:

java -jar JSignPdf.jar

Closer specification is in Quick Guide, which is part of the downloaded package. You can find it in file docs/JSignPdf.pdf.

Features

Current version provides:

  • several different keystore types (as provided by Java)
  • adding digital signatures to PDFs
  • setting certification level
  • PDF encryption and setting rights
  • adding signature icon to PDF (visible signature)
  • comprehensive Swing GUI

Features planned for next versions:

  • signature verification
  • support for batch processing (controlled by command line arguments, without GUI)

Author

Author of the JSignPdf is a Czech developer Josef Cacek (aka kwart). He works in Java from 2000. He is a member of OpenOffice.org developers community and he made first Windows releases of OpenOffice.org in Czech language.

Josef Cacek likes reading books and his second open source project EBookME is aimed on creating e‑books for mobile devices with Java ME support. This application can be found on the SourceForge.net too.

Email: josef.cacek@gmail.com

License

JSignPdf is released under Mozilla Public License (version 1.1 or later) and GNU LGPL (version 2.1 or later).


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