Which tools let me create fillable PDF forms?

You can create fillable PDF forms with a range of tools, depending on how much power, automation, or cost you want:

Desktop PDF editors

• Adobe Acrobat Pro — the industry standard; best form-field detection and editing.
• Foxit PDF Editor — strong alternative to Acrobat, often cheaper.
• Nitro PDF Pro — good for business use and form creation.
• PDF-XChange Editor — affordable, feature-rich on Windows.
• PDFelement — user-friendly with form tools.

Free / open-source options

• LibreOffice — you can design a form and export to PDF, though interactivity is more limited.
• Scribus — desktop publishing tool that can create PDF forms with some setup.
• PDFescape — web-based editor with basic form tools.
• Sejda PDF Editor — online PDF editing with form features.

Programmatic / automation tools

• ReportLab (Python) — for generating PDFs and form fields programmatically.
• iText / OpenPDF / PDFBox — developer libraries for creating and editing form fields.
• LaTeX with hyperref/eforms packages — if you generate PDFs from source and want form fields.
• Microsoft Word + export to PDF — limited, but can work for simple forms.

Online form/PDF platforms

• Jotform PDF Editor
• Adobe Acrobat online services
• DocHub
• airSlate / pdfFiller

If you want, I can also recommend the best tool for your situation:

• free
• Windows/Mac
• easiest to use
• best for business
• best for automated generation from code