Stirling-PDF

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Stirling-PDF Host Port
Stirling-PDF /config Path

Locally hosted web application for performing various operations on PDF files — merge, split, compress, convert, OCR, and more.


Port	`8080`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/stirling-pdf`
Daemonless	daemonless/stirling-pdf
Source	Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
Website	www.stirlingpdf.com

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Alternative build.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  stirling-pdf:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/stirling-pdf:latest
    container_name: stirling-pdf
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/stirling-pdf:/config"
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=stirling-pdf
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  stirling-pdf:
    name: stirling_pdf
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - STIRLING_PDF_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  STIRLING_PDF_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/stirling-pdf'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/stirling-pdf:${tag}

podman run -d --name stirling-pdf \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/stirling-pdf:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/stirling-pdf:latest

- name: Deploy stirling-pdf
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: stirling-pdf
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/stirling-pdf:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/stirling-pdf:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:8080

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8080`	TCP	Web UI

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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