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Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor

Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor

philjohnson

Comments (37)

  • maxloh
    Several open-source alternatives already exist. All are powered by pdf-lib, with the first two also utilizing PyMuPDF.- BentoPDF (12.3k stars): https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf- PDFCraft (3.6k stars): https://github.com/PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft- PDFLince (31 stars): https://github.com/GSiesto/pdflinceSince this project likely uses the same stack, I’m not sure what the selling point of a more limiting product is.
  • thangalin
    Related: My FOSS tool allows uploading PDF files to a private server for annotating within a browser. Annotations are saved server-side in JSON format, which can be viewed and modified by anyone with the URL.https://repo.autonoma.ca/repo/notanexus/blob/HEAD/README.mdThe software uses PHP and PDF.js for displaying and annotating. Screenshot:https://i.ibb.co/gL39qGdc/notanexus.png
  • fabioz
    I usually go for https://simplepdf.com/ (gets the job done, files never leave the browser either).
  • raphman
    Looks nice.Redacting text seems to actually work. However, editing existing text results in both the original text and the edited version being shown in the PDF after download.(The page downloads mupdf (WASM) for rendering the PDF. When "downloading" (= saving) the PDF, the page first checks whether the allowed three downloads have been reached via a POST request (no PDF data uploaded), then it downloads PyIodide and some Python wheels (pdfrw, defusedxml) before creating the PDF file.
  • beh
    Is this any different from your other submission of the same tool[0] or simply a duplicate?[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880962
  • souvlakee
    >This will use 1 of your free monthly downloads. You have 3 remaining.If this is in [my] browser, why should I pay?
  • zemlyansky
    "You've used all 3 free downloads this month" much free very no signup
  • hackernewds
    Bit bummed to see many posts pitching their own products (often paid) rather than give OP feedback which is the spirit of a ShowHN. There should be a blanket policy of disallowing that.
  • kykat
    Tried to convert to docx, got failed to import js module error.
  • madhacker
    my goto -> pdf24