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The "source" link at the footer seems to point to the author's GitHub profile, not source repository. The repo under it contains no code either.
After the incident with Tailwind CSS, I decided not to make this open source. Sponsorship has been zero since COVID, so it’s genuinely hard for open-source developers to sustain their work
Did you buy Tailwind Plus to support them?
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I can easily check network monitor in the browser to see exactly what a web app is doing. Running an executable is a risk by default and the way it interacts with my network is way less transparent. I honestly prefer this in the browser.
Most users don't know how to do that
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So if a platform is vibe-coded, it suddenly has no value? When the Spotify founder vibe-codes an app, it’s praised—but when an open-source contributor like me does it, it’s seen as a bad thing? That doesn’t seem fair
> When the Spotify founder vibe-codes an app, it’s praised Not sure which app you're talking about
Oh cool. Can we add workflows to this? First merge all files then depending on output size compress to fit the size and other requirements? Or take out page 35, then compress rest Or extract page 2,5 and merge them and give me output withoit compress
It uses a node-based graph so you can literally string those steps together (e.g., Merge files -> Split out page 35 -> Compress the rest) and save it as a repeatable workflow.
I'm hoping one of these efforts will lead to local translation of PDFs. Anyone aware of one? Not local, but the best I've found is using Google Translate via camera/images.
I integrated a local translation model. It downloads the model to your browser cache on the first run (so it's a bit heavy initially), but after that, you can OCR and translate documents 100% offline without uploading anything.
Seems like Clientside PDF editors are the new "hello world" app these days. From the last couple months on Show HN alone: Show HN: PDF Quick – Free PDF tools with 100% client-side processing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094734 Show HN: A privacy-first, client-side toolbox (PDF, Imgs, Dev) no server uploads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018221 Show HN: FileZen – Client-side PDF and Video tools using…
I didn't want another list of basic tools; I wanted to chain them. I built a node-based editor so you can create actual pipelines (Merge -> OCR -> Filter -> Compress) rather than just doing one-off tasks.
I think that's the only way to actually add value over the 50 other "Hello World" clones.
https://www.flowpdf.app/ if you wanna check it out!
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> When the Spotify founder vibe-codes an app, it’s praised Not sure which app you're talking about
https://x.com/tobi/status/2010438500609663110?s=20 Shopify CEO
That being said, Shopify CEO has the worst AI takes ever so he's probably the last person you should take as your role model.
I find Stirling to be one of the best ones out there. Open source and has been in development for a couple of years, at least - https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/
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https://x.com/tobi/status/2010438500609663110?s=20 Shopify CEO
He vibecoded a web viewer for an open file format as a one time project for personal use. It's not even a public project. Not sure how it's relevant. That being said, Shopify CEO has the worst AI takes ever so he's probably the last person you should take as your role model.
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After the incident with Tailwind CSS, I decided not to make this open source. Sponsorship has been zero since COVID, so it’s genuinely hard for open-source developers to sustain their work
You have a nice website, and I noticed that it uses Tailwind too. Did you buy Tailwind Plus to support them?