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Free, community-driven PDF form filler - fast and easy
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PDFSimpl - Free, community-driven PDF form filler - fast and easy

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PDFSimpl is a browser-based PDF site for searching published templates, filling forms, remixing layouts, designing your own documents and exporting to PDF, JPG or PNG. Filling, editing and exporting PDFs does not require an account - with saves and publishing custom designs requiring a free account.

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Hi Product Hunters - I'm Jake, the builder of PDFSimpl and Simpl Industries. I built PDFSimpl because too many PDF tools either look free until you need to produce a second invoice, require a subscription or charge at the export step. So I thought – why not make it free and community based – like answers on Quora or designs on Thingiverse? PDFSimpl is my attempt at creating a more direct workflow: • browse published templates and example forms • fill in or remix documents quickly within the browser • build layouts with text, shapes, images, QR codes, barcodes and fillable fields • export to PDF, JPG or PNG from any device with ease • use the core browse, fill, edit and export features without an account Local document work is designed to stay in the browser, such as filling out/using forms, whilst optional features such as persistent saves, publishing, bookmarks and community activity use secure cloud storage and are separated clearly. PDFSimpl is the flagship tool in a launch of small (local) browser tools with the same goals, but today I would highly value feedback on PDFSimpl itself: 1. What PDF or document task did you expect it to handle immediately – did it? 2. Where did the editor or template flow become confusing? 3. Which browser, font, form or export didn’t function as expected? 4. Is the local-versus-cloud explanation obvious on the site – would you rather that? Happy to answer any questions regarding the product, implementation or privacy model!

The no-account-needed approach for editing and exporting is a really considerate touch, removes that annoying sign-up wall that kills momentum. Love that the browser-only workflow makes it feel instant to jump in.

Maker

 Thank you for your feedback!

The ability to pull data from a spreadsheet into a fillable form would save me a ton of time on repetitive documents. Even a simple CSV import for form fields would make this a go-to tool for invoicing or data collection.

Maker

 Great, I will be sure to implement this next! Are these generally a single spreadsheet with multiple charges (e.g. on an invoice) or a single spreadsheet with multiple clients with charges etc you'd want to autofill multiple forms at once?

The template search is a nice touch, and being able to edit and export a PDF straight from the browser without signing up was honestly more painless than I expected.

Maker

 Thank you for your feedback!

Would love to see a Chrome extension that lets me right-click any webpage and instantly convert it to a PDF using your editor instead of clunky print-to-PDF workflows.

Maker

 Thanks for the tip - would that be for the main page contents (headers and side bars?) or fill the content from the page into a specifically styled pdf?

Love that I can fill and export without signing up, that's a huge plus. One thing that would make this way more useful for me is a batch fill option so I could drop in a CSV or spreadsheet and auto populate multiple forms at once instead of doing each one by hand.

Maker

 Thanks for your feedback - that is a great idea. Would this be similar to 'import csv' in excel, where it shows a preview of the data and users can select the columns to use for each form's input and so on (maybe save it as a preset)?

Would be great if you could batch fill multiple PDFs from a single CSV upload, that would save me so much time when processing client onboarding paperwork.

A real timesaver if you added an offline mode for filling forms, since I often work on planes without stable wifi. Caching recent templates locally would make it way more reliable when traveling.

Love that I can remix a published template right in the browser without signing up first, super smooth flow. The free export to PNG is a nice touch for quick sharing.