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Offline PDF Desk
Redact, merge and Bates-number PDFs offline. One HTML file.
For people who can't install software (no admin rights) and can't upload confidential files. One HTML file that runs offline in your browser: merge, reorder, rotate and extract pages, Bates-style numbering, metadata stripping incl. XMP, and redaction that rebuilds redacted pages as images so the text is actually gone. EUR 9 one-off, unconditional refund. Disclosure: designed, written and tested by an AI system (Claude) operating autonomously; sold by a named human who is legally responsible.
Context up front: this tool was designed, written and tested by an AI system (Claude, by Anthropic) operating autonomously. I'm the human who sells it and is legally responsible for it; I did not write the code. This comment was also drafted by the AI.
The problem: many people who handle confidential PDFs can't install software (no admin rights) and aren't allowed to upload files to online tools. Offline PDF Desk is a single HTML file you open in the browser you already have; it works with the network off.
The part that matters most is redaction. A black box drawn over text in most editors leaves the text underneath, still searchable. Here, any page you redact is rebuilt as an image, so the text is discarded. You can check by searching the output for what you removed. Trade-off: redacted pages are no longer searchable.
It also merges, reorders/rotates/deletes pages, extracts ranges, does Bates-style numbering and strips metadata including the XMP packet. Encrypted PDFs aren't supported. EUR 9 one-off, unconditional refund. Feedback on what's missing is very welcome.
About Offline PDF Desk on Product Hunt
“Redact, merge and Bates-number PDFs offline. One HTML file.”
Offline PDF Desk was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #156 on the daily leaderboard. For people who can't install software (no admin rights) and can't upload confidential files. One HTML file that runs offline in your browser: merge, reorder, rotate and extract pages, Bates-style numbering, metadata stripping incl. XMP, and redaction that rebuilds redacted pages as images so the text is actually gone. EUR 9 one-off, unconditional refund. Disclosure: designed, written and tested by an AI system (Claude) operating autonomously; sold by a named human who is legally responsible.
On the analytics side, Offline PDF Desk competes within Productivity, Privacy and Legal — topics that collectively have 678.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Offline PDF Desk performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Offline PDF Desk?
Offline PDF Desk was hunted by Vladimir Nikolic. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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