Designed for Developers

Built with the same core technology used in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF Library provides a reliable and consistent experience whether you are deploying across Windows, Linux or Mac platforms. Embed Adobe PDF functionality within client and/or server solutions easily with our comprehensive SDK.

C/C++, .NET FRAMEWORK, .NET Core & Java, Windows, Linux, MacOS

.NET .NET Framework Java

C/C++, .NET FRAMEWORK, .NET Core & Java, Windows, Linux, MacOS

Supported Environments for C/C++

OS	Architecture	Development
Windows x64, x86·Visual Studio 2022, 2019, or 2017	x64, x86	Visual Studio 2022, 2019, or 2017
Linux x86_64, ARM64, i686, all with glibc 2.17+·Clang 3.9+, or gcc 4.8+	x86_64, ARM64, i686, all with glibc 2.17+	Clang 3.9+, or gcc 4.8+
macOS x64, ARM64·Xcode 13+	x64, ARM64	Xcode 13+
Solaris SPARC: sparv9, sparcv8·gcc 4.8+, or Developer Studio 12.5+	SPARC: sparv9, sparcv8	gcc 4.8+, or Developer Studio 12.5+
AIX 7.2+ Power 8 (ppc64)·gcc 10.3+	Power 8 (ppc64)	gcc 10.3+

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Adobe PDF Library Documentation

Includes our Getting Started guide, API reference and sample code for your programming language

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Need Extra Form Functionality?

The Forms Extension for Adobe PDF Library is a software module that allows applications built using the Adobe PDF Library to work with PDF AcroForm and XFA forms documents (both static and dynamic). Check out our free trial of this functionality.

Form Extension

Building Applications to Deploy in the Cloud?

Our pdfRest API Toolkit, powered by Adobe PDF Library, includes all of the API Tools you’ll need to meet your PDF processing requirements. It is designed and documented by industry experts to make your development work easier than ever.

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