Launched this week
PixoPDF
Your files never leave your device
47 followers
Your files never leave your device
47 followers
PixoPDF is a free, privacy-first PDF toolkit with 34 browser-based tools for merging, splitting, compressing, editing, signing, converting, annotating, filling and redacting PDFs. Supported file processing happens locally in your browser, so documents don't need to be uploaded to a PixoPDF processing server. No signup, no watermark, and free to use.
local browser processing for 34 tools is a real engineering lift, not just a marketing line, merge/split is easy client side but OCR and heavy compression usually push people to a server. did you have to cut any features because they weren't practical to run fully in-browser, or does everything on the list genuinely run client side including the heavier stuff?
@omri_ben_shoham1 Yes, everything on the list genuinely runs 100% client-side inside the browser tab, but we definitely had to make architectural trade-offs to keep it fast and prevent browser tabs from crashing.
Compressed a 40-page report and was honestly surprised it stayed readable, not the usual mushy scanned look. Love that nothing leaves my browser.
@berkaybykklycp Thank you Berkay! We put a lot of work into the image downscaling algorithms to ensure text remains crisp and highly legible even after reducing the file weight. Appreciate the feedback!
merged a few contracts right in chrome without uploading anything, which is exactly what i needed. the local processing claim seems legit since it worked offline too.
@mesutyarar10494 Thanks Mesut! Working completely offline is the ultimate test of our client-side architecture. Glad it came in handy for your contracts with absolute privacy!
the privacy pitch is solid but the one tool on that list I'd want to stress test before trusting it is redaction. the classic failure mode with PDF redaction tools isn't the browser vs server question, it's tools that just draw a black box over the text while the actual characters (or an OCR text layer) are still sitting underneath, so anyone can select-all or copy-paste the "redacted" content right out. does PixoPDF's redact tool actually strip the underlying content, or is it a visual overlay
Merged a few contracts with it on a whim and it was surprisingly fast, finished the whole batch without anything leaving my laptop which is honestly the main thing I want from a pdf tool.
@cemileengiy4nr Merged a few contracts with it on a whim and it was surprisingly fast, finished the whole batch without anything leaving my laptop which is honestly the main thing I want from a pdf tool.
The local processing angle is really compelling, especially for anyone dealing with sensitive documents. One thing that would make this even better: a Chrome extension that lets you right-click any PDF in your downloads folder and immediately open it in PixoPDF for quick edits without navigating to the site first. Would save a lot of clicks for repetitive tasks like merging monthly reports.
@sami19735917140 That's a really useful suggestion. A right-click workflow for PDFs could make repetitive tasks much faster, especially for reports and documents people work with regularly.
I'm adding a PixoPDF Chrome extension to the roadmap. The idea would be to open a PDF directly in PixoPDF and choose actions like Edit, Compress, Sign, Merge, or Annotate with fewer steps.
Thanks for the idea this is exactly the kind of workflow feedback I was hoping to get from the launch