Cross-platform native desktop PDF editor with full content editing
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Convert the deprecated .reuse/dep5 copyright file to the modern REUSE.toml
format (REUSE 3.3). The old reuse.toml (non-standard schema) is removed;
REUSE.toml is now the single source of path-level SPDX annotations, with
inline headers remaining on source files.

Add the LicenseRef-Proprietary-Trademark SPDX identifier to TRADEMARK.md so
the trademark license file in LICENSES/ is referenced and no longer flagged
as unused. # SUMMARY

* Bad licenses: 0
* Deprecated licenses: 0
* Licenses without file extension: 0
* Missing licenses: 0
* Unused licenses: 0
* Used licenses: GPL-3.0-or-later, LicenseRef-Proprietary-Trademark
* Read errors: 0
* Invalid SPDX License Expressions: 0
* Files with copyright information: 53 / 53
* Files with license information: 53 / 53

Congratulations! Your project is compliant with version 3.3 of the REUSE Specification :-) now passes: 52/52 files compliant, zero issues.

Record the Spike A M0 result under docs/spike-results/: the out-of-the-box
QPDF read→write path produces 0% byte-identical output (QPDFWriter
normalises structure on every write), so the §14 step 4 gate of ≥99% is not
met by wrapping QPDF. This validates the §4.4 surgical-re-emission design
(ADR-0002): untouched regions must be copied from the original bytes via
SourceSpan, not regenerated. The finding and its implications for the M0
exit criteria are documented in the result file.

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README.md

FreePDFEditor

A cross-platform native desktop PDF editor with a true WYSIWYG interface and full content editing: edit existing text with reflow, replace images, manipulate vector objects, plus annotations, forms, signatures, and page assembly.

  • Stack: C++20, Qt 6.7 (Widgets shell, custom canvas), CMake, vcpkg.
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt). Qt is dynamically linked under LGPL-3.0.
  • Targets: Windows 10+, macOS 12+ (Intel + Apple Silicon), Linux (X11/Wayland).

This repository contains the source and build infrastructure. The full engineering plan and roadmap live in docs/plan.md; architecture decision records are under docs/adr/.

Status

Pre-M0. This is the initial repository scaffold described in §14 of the plan: CMake + vcpkg skeleton, governance docs, CI matrix, packaging pipeline, an empty-window application shell, the pixel-diff harness scaffolding, and the Spike A (QPDF verbatim round-trip) harness. The feasibility spikes that gate the project run on top of this scaffolding.

Building

cmake --preset default
cmake --build --preset default
ctest --preset default

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full build setup, gate matrix, and coding standard.

Source control

All code is developed on the project Gitea instance at https://gitea.lm.je/ai-ad4/freepdfeditor per docs/plan.md §13. See SECURITY.md for vulnerability reporting.