The file-add modal's "Recent" list treated a failed or stalled load identically to an empty history: loadRecentFiles swallowed errors into an empty array (console.error/warn only) and FileListArea rendered just "Loading files..." or "No recent files", with no error message, no retry, and no telemetry. - Track a loadError flag in useFileManager and thread it through FileManagerContext to FileListArea, which now renders four distinct states: loading / loaded / error (with a "Try again" retry) / empty. - Capture the previously-swallowed errors as PostHog $exception events via a new analytics.captureException helper (top-level, server-files, and share-links failures) so the failure stops being invisible. - Add a 30s timeout to the storage metadata GETs so a stalled connection surfaces as an error/retry instead of an indefinite spinner. - Add FileListArea state-machine tests. Generated-By: PostHog Code Task-Id: 63a8e289-0cd7-4a4c-9914-43504209029d
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
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.
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
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.
Resources
Support
- Community: Discord
- Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task 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 for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
License
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.

