Every document stays on your Mac.
Paperwright is a native macOS PDF editor for people who'd rather not upload their contracts, records, and signatures to somebody else's server.
Edit & annotate
Crisp text boxes, images, shapes, highlights, and stamps. Draw arrows and lines right on the page and drag their ends to aim them — all with full undo.
Sign privately
Draw, type, or import a high-resolution signature, then drop today's date beside it. Stored only on your Mac — never in a cloud vault.
Organize pages
Rotate, reorder, extract, merge, duplicate, and delete pages with drag-and-drop thumbnails.
OCR on-device
Apple Vision turns scans into searchable text without the document ever leaving your machine.
Redact for real
Redaction boxes don't just cover text — applying them rebuilds the page so the content underneath is gone for good. Scrub document metadata in a click.
Export anywhere
Save as PDF, Word, plain text, or page images — or flatten every annotation and signature permanently into the page.
“No account. No cloud. No analytics.
Just you and your paperwork.”
Privacy Policy
Last updated · July 8, 2026
Paperwright is a local-first PDF editor. Your documents never leave your Mac.
No document upload
All PDF viewing, editing, OCR, and signing happens on-device using Apple's PDFKit and Vision frameworks. Paperwright has no server component.
No analytics or tracking
Paperwright contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising identifiers, and makes no network requests.
Local storage only
Signatures, settings, recent-file bookmarks, and OCR caches are stored in the app's sandboxed container on your Mac and are removed when you delete the app.
No account required
Paperwright has no sign-up, login, or cloud component.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@paperwright.app
Support
We answer within two business days
Email support@paperwright.app and include your macOS version and what you were doing when the problem appeared. Screenshots help.
Frequently asked
- Which Macs are supported? Any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Can it open password-protected PDFs? Yes — you'll be prompted for the password, and unlocking happens locally.
- Does printing from Finder work? Yes. Select one or more PDFs in Finder and press ⌘P; Paperwright prints them without opening windows.
- Is my data collected? No. See the privacy policy — there is no server, account, or analytics.
Feature requests
We read everything. Send ideas to the same address with "Idea:" in the subject line.
Terms of Use
Effective · July 8, 2026
Paperwright is distributed on the Mac App Store under Apple's Standard End User License Agreement.
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. In no event shall Bondaya Ltd. be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the use of the software.
"Paperwright" and the Paperwright icon are trademarks of Bondaya Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.