LibreOffice Draw review

LibreOffice Draw is the open source route for people who already use LibreOffice or want no commercial software on their PC. The Document Foundation describes Draw as a free PDF editor: you open the PDF in Draw and the page becomes text boxes and graphics you can move, restyle and rewrite. Since LibreOffice 6.4, the Consolidate Text command joins the many small text boxes that an imported PDF produces, which makes editing paragraphs far less fiddly. Then you export back to PDF. This works well for one or two page documents such as flyers, letters and forms with a fixed layout. It is weaker on long reports, where text does not reflow across pages the way it does in a word processor. LibreOffice 26.8.2 offers Windows builds for x86-64 and ARM64, and the suite is free with no paid tier. You install the whole suite, including Writer and Calc, to use Draw.

Who it is for

open source users fixing simple layout PDFs

Price

Free and open source.

LibreOffice provides unfettered access to our office productivity tools, at no cost to you.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• Opens PDFs for editing in Draw
• Consolidate Text joins imported text boxes into one block, since LibreOffice 6.4
• Vector drawing from simple diagrams to 3D illustrations
• Exports back to PDF
• Part of a six-app suite with Writer, Calc, Impress, Base and Math

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free and open source with no paid tier
• Strength: Windows x86-64 and ARM64 builds of LibreOffice 26.8.2
• Strength: Edits text and graphics placed anywhere on the page
• Weakness: Imported text is split across many text boxes until you consolidate them
• Weakness: Better for flyers and forms than long reflowing documents
• Weakness: Installs a full office suite to get one app

Key facts

• Price: Free
• License: Open source
• Windows builds: x86-64 and ARM64
• Version checked: 26.8.2

Where it ranks

LibreOffice Draw is No. 8 in our Best Free PDF Editors for Windows verdict.