SafePDF is a desktop PDF toolkit with 27 tools that run 100% locally on your machine. Merge, compress, convert, sign, encrypt, OCR, redact — no file is ever uploaded to a server. It's the iLovePDF/Smallpdf experience, but your documents never leave your computer. Critical for confidential work: legal contracts, medical records, financial statements, ID documents. Free forever: the Merge tool is free, no account, no email. Pro unlocks the other 26 tools. macOS, Windows, Linux. Works offline.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 — maker of SafePDF here.
I built it out of frustration. Every time I needed to merge or compress a PDF, the "free" online tools wanted me to upload confidential contracts and bank statements to servers I didn't control. For anyone handling sensitive documents — and anyone subject to GDPR — that's a non-starter.
SafePDF is the fix: a desktop app where everything runs on your machine. Merge, compress, convert, sign, encrypt, OCR, redact — your files literally never leave your computer. No account, no upload, works offline.
Under the hood it's Electron + React, with real engines doing the heavy lifting: Ghostscript (compression & PDF/A), qpdf (AES-256 encryption), Tesseract (OCR), and LibreOffice headless (Office → PDF conversion). Same quality as the cloud tools — zero servers.
Free forever for the merge tool. €12/mo unlocks the 26 other tools (OCR, Office conversion, PDF/A, redaction, forms, signatures…). Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
I'd love your honest feedback — especially on which Pro tool you'd want next. What's missing for you? 🙏
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Really glad something like this exists, been wanting a local-only PDF tool forever. One thing that would make it even better for me: add a way to create and save reusable redaction profiles so I don't have to manually mark the same fields across dozens of similar contracts every time.
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@enverdonat Great suggestion; I just built a visual redaction mode: you can now drag-to-draw zones directly on the PDF instead of typing coordinates. And reusable profiles are next on the roadmap. Would love your feedback when v1.0.3 drops!
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A folder watching feature would be a game changer for my workflow. If I could drop PDFs into a watched folder and have SafePDF auto-apply rules like "compress anything over 2MB" or "OCR all scanned files," that would save a ton of repetitive clicking.
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@pnar1063684 This is a brilliant idea; a "watched folder" with auto-rules (compress if >2MB, OCR if scanned) would be incredibly powerful. I'm adding it to the roadmap. No ETA yet but it's the kind of automation that makes a local tool genuinely better than cloud. Thanks for the suggestion!
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honestly the local-only angle is exactly what i need for client contracts, but one thing would make it way better for me: a batch queue where i can drop 30 pdfs at once and run merge, compress, and ocr across all of them in one go instead of doing them one by one.
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@berendmy1 Hi, thanks a lot for your reply & upvote Really good idea to add a drop zone
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honestly the offline-first angle is what got me, since I deal with client contracts all day and uploading to random sites always felt sketchy. merge worked smoothly and it was nice not seeing an upload spinner for once.
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@nuranasilsoy Thank you! 🙏 Glad the merge worked smoothly. Batch processing + visual redaction are coming in the next update. What other tools would you find useful?
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🚀 v1.0.3 is live!
Built 3 features from your feedback in 3 days:
✅ Batch processing — process 30+ PDFs at once
✅ Visual redaction — drag-to-draw zones on the PDF
Really glad something like this exists, been wanting a local-only PDF tool forever. One thing that would make it even better for me: add a way to create and save reusable redaction profiles so I don't have to manually mark the same fields across dozens of similar contracts every time.
@enverdonat Great suggestion; I just built a visual redaction mode: you can now drag-to-draw zones directly on the PDF instead of typing coordinates. And reusable profiles are next on the roadmap. Would love your feedback when v1.0.3 drops!
A folder watching feature would be a game changer for my workflow. If I could drop PDFs into a watched folder and have SafePDF auto-apply rules like "compress anything over 2MB" or "OCR all scanned files," that would save a ton of repetitive clicking.
@pnar1063684 This is a brilliant idea; a "watched folder" with auto-rules (compress if >2MB, OCR if scanned) would be incredibly powerful. I'm adding it to the roadmap. No ETA yet but it's the kind of automation that makes a local tool genuinely better than cloud. Thanks for the suggestion!
honestly the local-only angle is exactly what i need for client contracts, but one thing would make it way better for me: a batch queue where i can drop 30 pdfs at once and run merge, compress, and ocr across all of them in one go instead of doing them one by one.
@berendmy1 Hi, thanks a lot for your reply & upvote
Really good idea to add a drop zone
honestly the offline-first angle is what got me, since I deal with client contracts all day and uploading to random sites always felt sketchy. merge worked smoothly and it was nice not seeing an upload spinner for once.
@nuranasilsoy Thank you! 🙏 Glad the merge worked smoothly. Batch processing + visual redaction are coming in the next update. What other tools would you find useful?
🚀 v1.0.3 is live!
Built 3 features from your feedback in 3 days:
✅ Batch processing — process 30+ PDFs at once
✅ Visual redaction — drag-to-draw zones on the PDF
✅ Search bar — find any tool instantly
Plus a Team plan (€49/mo, 10 seats) for firms.
Update now → https://safepdf.fr/telecharger
You asked, I shipped. What's next? 🙏