PDF Metadata Editor

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Edit PDF metadata through a GUI or command line

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SI Score: 80/100
Pricing: Open Source AI reading, not confirmed
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What it does

PDF Metadata Editor is a Java-based application for PDF metadata changes. It provides graphical, batch, and command-line routes and uses Apache PDFBox for processing.

For one file, open the PDF, edit title or author and use Copy Doc to Xmp when the document and XMP metadata should match. Batch Set metadata can apply selected fields across files or folders. Choose a separate output folder to keep originals: the documented empty-output setting overwrites the input PDFs. The repository is GPLv3, while the vendor also offers paid Pro licences and a three-day Pro trial.

Strengths

Offers graphical and automated metadata-editing routes.

Best for

Correcting PDF metadata across a document collection

Sources

GitHub - zaro/pdf-metadata-editor: An advanced GUI/CLI editor for PDF Metadata · GitHub (Oct 26, 2026)
Edit PDF Metadata tutorial | Pdf Metadata Editor (Oct 26, 2026)
Batch Editor getting started | Pdf Metadata Editor (Oct 26, 2026)
Pdf Metadata Editor Licenses | Pdf Metadata Editor (Oct 26, 2026)
Pdf Metadata Editor Features | Pdf Metadata Editor (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

80/100

#1 in PDF Tools

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Published source review Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 84/100.

Product usefulness 80

Evidence

Single-file and batch tutorials document concrete metadata controls, synchronising Info/XMP and overwrite-versus-copy behaviour, with commercial Pro access clearly distinguished from repository licensing.

Limits: AI review of saved source passages. No hands-on test, human approval or automatic-provider checker receipt.

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github.com/zaro/pdf-metadata-editor
- PricingAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The official repository states GPLv3 licensing.
- Open sourceAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The official repository states GPLv3 licensing; the vendor also distributes a separate commercial Pro offering.
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026
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