PDFKeeper is free, open source document management software that integrates with a compatible, relational database to provide a centralized storage and management solution for PDF documents. PDFKeeper began as an idea in 2009 to solve a personal document storage issue. With both digital and paper documents being stored in many places, it was becoming a challenge to locate documents easily. What proved to be an even bigger challenge was locating a free solution that could store PDF documents in a free, full text search enabled, relational database. In addition, I had a personal requirement to be able to store notes in the database with the PDF document that would also be searchable. After being unsuccessful in locating a solution, I started building PDFKeeper, a free, open source application that would use a free, full text search enabled, relational database for PDF document and notes storage targeted at the Small Office Home Office and Small Business user community. In addition, it was important to me that PDFKeeper be open source as a way of saying thank you to the community for the many open source applications and tools I use everyday. In late 2009, the first version of PDFKeeper was released to the public.
