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PAPERJOIN / V1.0.0

Bring your pages together.

Merge PDFs entirely on your Mac or Windows PC. No internet connection required to merge local files. No document uploads. Your files are processed on-device.

100% ON-DEVICE MERGINGWORKS OFFLINENO DOCUMENT UPLOADS
01

Add your PDFs.

Choose files or drop them into the app.

02

Put them in order.

Move documents up or down. Remove what you don’t need.

03

Make one PDF.

Choose a new filename and save. Your originals stay intact.

FOR HEALTHCARE TEAMS & PRIVACY-CONSCIOUS WORKPLACES

Keep document processing on your device.

PaperJoin merges PDFs directly on your workstation, without uploading them to a website or cloud PDF service. Once downloaded, it works offline with local files—no account, subscription, or online activation required.

Local PDF merging for healthcare workflows.

Keep PDF merging on your organization’s own computers. PaperJoin processes documents on-device, so you can combine files without sending them to an online PDF service.

As with other locally installed software, use PaperJoin within your organization’s approved device, access, storage, and sharing policies. HIPAA compliance depends on that complete workflow. HHS guidance for healthcare teams.

What does “offline” cover?

The app can merge PDFs already stored on your device with the internet disconnected. Downloading the app requires internet access. Cloud-synced folders, network drives, your operating system, and the external PDF viewer used for Windows previews have their own network behavior. Choose local, non-synced files and an approved local output folder when your workflow must stay on-device.

CHOOSE YOUR PLATFORM

Your PDFs stay with you.

PaperJoin for Mac

Apple Silicon · macOS 14 or newer
Native app with built-in PDF preview.

Download for Mac ↓ ZIP

Development build · Ad-hoc signed, not notarized. macOS may block opening it.

PaperJoin for Windows

Windows 10 22H2 / Windows 11 · x64
Portable app. .NET runtime included.

Download for Windows ↓ ZIP

Unsigned development build; SmartScreen may warn. Cross-compiled; Windows UI testing is pending.

SHA-256 checksums · Release details

A LITTLE SETUP

From files to finished.

Getting started on Mac

Extract the ZIP and open PaperJoin.app. You can move it to Applications. Add two or more PDFs, arrange them, and choose Merge PDFs. Select a document to preview it in the app. This download is for Apple Silicon Macs.

Getting started on Windows

Extract the ZIP into a folder and run PaperJoin.exe. No separate .NET installation is required. Add PDFs or drop them onto the document list. Use Move up and Move down, then Merge PDFs. Open preview uses your default PDF viewer.

What to expect from this release

PaperJoin merges complete documents. It does not include OCR, compression, page-level editing, or password entry. Use unlocked copies of encrypted files. Document-level bookmarks and digital signatures may not carry over. Large documents can use substantial memory.

The Mac app was built and launch-checked on Apple Silicon. The Windows merge engine was tested on macOS and the Windows executable was cross-compiled. Its Windows interface has not yet been tested on a Windows PC. These downloads are development builds. An independent HIPAA compliance assessment is not available for this release. PaperJoin does not provide its own user-access controls or encrypt output PDFs; those protections need to come from your approved device and storage setup.