Drop a PDF and clean page numbers are written into the document on your device — ready for filing, printing, or citing.
Drop a PDF and clean page numbers are written into the document on your device — ready for filing, printing, or citing.
Add page numbers to a PDF in your browser — useful for contracts, court filings, dissertations, and anything that gets printed, cited, or initialed page-by-page. Drop the file and GhostPDF stamps a clean number on every page and writes it into the document itself, so the numbering shows in every viewer and on paper. No upload, no signup, no watermark — the document never leaves your device.
Drop your PDF
Drag a PDF onto the page. It opens in the GhostPDF studio with Page numbers pre-selected.
Numbers are stamped locally
Every page gets a clear, unobtrusive number rendered into the page content — all in your browser.
Download the numbered PDF
The numbers are part of the document now — they print, they show in every reader, and they survive re-saving.
Is my document uploaded?
No. Numbering runs in your browser with a JavaScript PDF editor — there's no server involved.
Are the numbers real content or just a viewer overlay?
Real content — they're written into each page, so they appear everywhere the PDF goes, including prints and other people's viewers.
My PDF already has some numbers — what happens?
The new numbers are stamped regardless, so check for overlap first. If the original numbering is wrong, consider regenerating the source document instead.
Can I combine this with merging?
Yes, and the order matters: merge first, then number, so the combined document counts continuously from 1.
Does it change the file size or quality?
Only by a few kilobytes of text instructions — the content is untouched.
Every GhostPDF tool runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded — there's no upload endpoint to send it to.