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+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/main/docs/stirling.png" width="80" alt="Stirling PDF logo">
+</p>
+
+<h1 align="center">Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform</h1>
+
+Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/frooodle/s-pdf" alt="Docker Pulls">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1068636748814483718?label=Discord" alt="Discord">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF">
+    <img src="https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/badge" alt="OpenSSF Scorecard">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/stirling-pdf">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stirling-tools/stirling-pdf?style=social" alt="GitHub Repo stars">
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+![Stirling PDF - Dashboard](images/home-light.png)
+
+## Key Capabilities
+
+- **Everywhere you work** - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
+- **50+ PDF tools** - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
+- **Automation & workflows** - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
+- **Enterprise‑grade** - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
+- **Developer platform** - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
+- **Global UI** - Interface available in 40+ languages.
+
+For a full feature list, see the docs: **https://docs.stirlingpdf.com**
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf
+```
+
+Then open: http://localhost:8080
+
+For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our [Documentation Guide](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/#documentation-guide).
+
+## Resources
+
+- [**Documentation**](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com)
+- [**Homepage**](https://stirling.com)
+- [**API Docs**](https://registry.scalar.com/@stirlingpdf/apis/stirling-pdf-processing-api/)
+- [**Server Plan & Enterprise**](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Paid-Offerings)
+
+## Support
+
+- **Community**: [Discord](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
+- **Bug Reports**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/issues)
+
+## Contributing
+
+We welcome contributions! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
+
+This project uses [Task](https://taskfile.dev/) as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run `task dev` to get started running the editor, run `task` to see the most common commands, or see the [Developer Guide](DeveloperGuide.md) for full details.
+
+For adding translations, see the [Translation Guide](devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md).
+
+## License
+
+Stirling PDF is open-core. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.