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About this app
FS PDF Compressor is a small, private PDF compressor for macOS.
It is built for one simple job: make PDFs smaller before sending them, without uploading documents to a website or dealing with complicated settings.
- Drag in one PDF, multiple PDFs, or a folder
- Everything is processed locally on your Mac
- No accounts, analytics, telemetry, or cloud uploads
- Files are replaced only when the compressed result is smaller
- Optional “Keep original” mode creates a separate compressed copy
- Balanced compression by default, with optional quality profiles
FS PDF Compressor is free and open source under AGPL-3.0-or-later. It includes Ghostscript, so no separate installation is required.
Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 14 or later. The distributed app is Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized.
Details
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Utility |
| Website | gitlares.github.io/fs-pdf-compressor |
| Pricing | free |
| Author | Daniel Lares |
| Added | 2026-07-24 |
| Last updated | 2026-09-07 |
