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PDFTools
Free, private PDF editor — no server uploads, no signup
40+ free online PDF tools including premium features: compress, merge, split, convert images, extract text, compare PDFs, generate certificates, convert PDF to audio, create booklets, and more. 100% free, no uploads, all processing happens in your browser.
We built PDFTools because we got tired of uploading sensitive documents to iLovePDF and Smallpdf's servers. Every time you upload a contract or tax return to those sites, your file is sitting on a stranger's server.
PDFTools is 100% client-side — your files never leave your browser. We use pdf-lib, pdfjs-dist, and Tesseract.js running locally via WASM.
24+ tools: compress, merge, split, OCR, edit, sign, AI chat... all free.
What's the #1 PDF pain point we should solve next?
@saqib_hayat Appreciate the idea. I was just exploring your website and when I tried using HTML to pdf, I'm not able to get the converted file. Not sure why that was happening.
Browser-only processing is genuinely useful for privacy-sensitive PDFs - that part lands. But this is a very crowded space: Stirling-PDF, PDF24, ILovePDF, Smallpdf all offer free tiers and have years of SEO momentum. "40+ tools" is table stakes at this point, not a differentiator. What specifically makes PDFTools worth switching to? Is there a particular tool quality angle, a workflow that others miss, or a target user who isn't served well by the existing players? The AI tag is on the listing but it's not clear from the description what the AI actually does here.
What data actually leaves my device or workspace when I run PDFTools on something sensitive?
This is a fantastic tool!
Is this tool limited to manipulating PDF files?
Can it also convert images or documents into PDFs?
About PDFTools on Product Hunt
“Free, private PDF editor — no server uploads, no signup”
PDFTools was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 11 upvotes and 14 comments, placing #20 on the daily leaderboard. 40+ free online PDF tools including premium features: compress, merge, split, convert images, extract text, compare PDFs, generate certificates, convert PDF to audio, create booklets, and more. 100% free, no uploads, all processing happens in your browser.
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saqib hayat
Hey PH! 👋
We built PDFTools because we got tired of uploading sensitive documents
to iLovePDF and Smallpdf's servers. Every time you upload a contract
or tax return to those sites, your file is sitting on a stranger's server.
PDFTools is 100% client-side — your files never leave your browser.
We use pdf-lib, pdfjs-dist, and Tesseract.js running locally via WASM.
24+ tools: compress, merge, split, OCR, edit, sign, AI chat... all free.
What's the #1 PDF pain point we should solve next?