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Documents that power critical business workflows.

Create, edit, review, share, and automate important documents in one place, with version history built in.

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Free tools are available with no account. Pro starts at $9/month.

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Stop losing track of important documents.

The usual problemdocubend
Multiple copies of the same document One document with version history
Documents passed around by email Shareable document links
Information copied into PDFs by hand Generate documents from your software
Changes that are difficult to reconstruct A history of versions and changes
Separate tools for editing, forms, review, and automation One document platform
PDF files that are difficult to automate REST API

Your people and your software work on the same documents.

Your team can open, edit, review, and share a document in docubend. Your applications can create, update, and retrieve that same document through the API.

No separate document-generation system. No disconnected PDF files. One document, with one history.

An example of the record docubend keeps. Every document has one, from the moment it is created.
VersionWhenWhoWhat changed
v4 Today you Redacted two lines on page 3
v3 Yesterday a colleague you shared it with Edited the second paragraph
v2 3 days ago your software, through the API Replaced pages 4–9
v1 3 days ago your software, through the API Created the document

Everything your team does with a document

Create it. Edit it. Review it. Share it. Automate it. Keep the history.

  1. Create

    Start from a blank document, template, Markdown, HTML, PDF, or data from your software.

  2. Edit

    Change text, add images, annotate pages, fill forms, or modify the document in your browser.

  3. Review

    Add comments and keep them attached to the version where they were made.

  4. Share

    Send a document to someone without giving them access to your whole account.

  5. Automate

    Create and update documents from your own software through the API.

  6. Keep the history

    Every saved version records what changed and when. Restore an earlier version when you need to.

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Made for documents that matter.

Healthcare, legal, lending, financial services, insurance, and other regulated organizations all have the same basic problem: important documents need to be accurate, accessible, reviewable, and traceable.

docubend gives those teams one place to manage the document and its history.

All solutions

Put your document workflow in code.

Use the docubend API to create documents, import PDFs, generate forms, add diagrams, and retrieve documents as PDF, PNG, SVG, or JSON.

Your application creates the document. Your team can open it in docubend and keep working on it.

Read the API docs Every endpoint

Markdown to PDF · Mermaid to PDF · Diagrams on a PDF · Limits

curl
# 1. make a document from your markdown
ID=$(curl -s https://docubend.com/api/v1/pdfs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title":"Invoice 1042","markdown":"# Invoice 1042\n\n**Due 30 September.**"}' \
  | jq -r .document.id)

# 2. render it
curl -s https://docubend.com/api/v1/documents/$ID.pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -o invoice.pdf
JavaScript
const made = await fetch("https://docubend.com/api/v1/pdfs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`,
             "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: "Invoice 1042",
    markdown: "# Invoice 1042\n\n**Due 30 September.**",
  }),
});
const { document: doc } = await made.json();

const pdf = await fetch(doc.links.pdf,
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}` } });
await writeFile("invoice.pdf", Buffer.from(await pdf.arrayBuffer()));
Python
made = requests.post("https://docubend.com/api/v1/pdfs",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}"},
    json={
        "title": "Invoice 1042",
        "markdown": "# Invoice 1042\n\n**Due 30 September.**",
    }, timeout=60)
doc = made.json()["document"]

pdf = requests.get(doc["links"]["pdf"],
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}"}, timeout=60)
open("invoice.pdf", "wb").write(pdf.content)

Your documents are yours.

Documents are encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is controlled through your account and API credentials, and document history records changes over time.

Many of our free tools run entirely in your browser, so your file never needs to leave your computer.

See how we handle your data

Free PDF tools. No account required.

Edit, merge, split, compress, convert, sign, annotate, and fill PDFs directly in your browser.

Most free tools process the file on your device, so you can use them without uploading your document or creating an account.

Tool What it does Runs in Same thing, programmatically
Edit a PDF Change the words already in the PDF, in their original font. your browser the document model
Annotate a PDF Highlight, draw and add notes on top of the page. your browser the document model
Sign a PDF Draw a signature and place it where it goes. your browser the document model
Merge PDF files Join several PDFs into one, in the order you choose. your browser no endpoint
Split a PDF Pull out the pages you want, or make one file per page. your browser GET /api/v1/documents/{id}.pdf
Compress a PDF Get a file under a size limit, choosing what quality to spend. your browser no endpoint
Rotate PDF pages Turn sideways pages the right way up, in the file itself. your browser the document model
Delete pages from a PDF Remove the pages you do not want to send. your browser the document model
Reorder PDF pages Drag pages into the right order. your browser the document model
Convert PDF to Word Get an editable .docx with the text as text. your browser no endpoint
Convert Word to PDF Set a .docx as a PDF that looks the same everywhere. your browser no endpoint
Convert JPG to PDF Turn photographs into one document with pages. your browser POST /api/v1/pdfs
Convert PDF to JPG Get every page as a JPG or a PNG. your browser GET /api/v1/documents/{id}.png
Password protect a PDF Put an AES-256 password on a PDF. our server POST /api/free/protect
Unlock a PDF Take off a password, or the no-printing and no-copying restrictions. our server POST /api/v1/pdfs
Fill in a PDF form Fill a PDF's real form fields, and flatten them if you like. your browser POST /api/v1/forms

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