# OpenPDF Studio: rebuilding PDF editing interactions from WPS PDF research

> OpenPDF Studio builds a local macOS PDF editor informed by REA-assisted observation of WPS Office 12.1.28496's PDF interface. Its research records editing interactions and limited Mach-O module inspection, while the implementation uses React, Electron, PyMuPDF and Apple Vision for text and image edits, conversion and OCR.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Community REA investigations
- Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/aotefan/openpdf-studio>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/aotefan/openpdf-studio/blob/056d7d219e255fac8dacbabaac2911bb1fcd7953/research/wps-pdf-reverse-engineering.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpdf-studio-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpdf-studio-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openpdf-studio-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** macOS on Apple Silicon, Xcode Command Line Tools, Python 3.12, uv and a supported patched Node.js runtime.
- **Limits:** The current source preview has no installer; desktop launch and packaging are gated pending a patched Electron release.
- **Limits:** Editing is limited to supported text and image cases; documents above 60 MB or 500 pages are rejected.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/aotefan/openpdf-studio/blob/056d7d219e255fac8dacbabaac2911bb1fcd7953/research/wps-pdf-reverse-engineering.md>
2. <https://github.com/aotefan/openpdf-studio/blob/056d7d219e255fac8dacbabaac2911bb1fcd7953/README.md>

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