How does it compare to stirling pdf?
I’m doing everything locally, with no pricing on the extension for now. I do plan to make it paid later, but since all processing happens locally, your files never leave your device and remain completely safe. also not just PDF the image processing also WIP will be done by next week
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#132Oh 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
I actually built a tool called FlowPDF - https://www.flowpdf.app/ - specifically to solve this "logic" problem. I found that single-button tools were too limiting for things like "Merge -> Check Size -> 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.
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#133Me and my buddy run a small indie dev studio, and a while back we got frustrated with how most PDF scanner apps feel — clunky UX, subscriptions everywhere, ads, and in some cases your documents get uploaded who-knows-where (for example, incidents reported leaks by TechRadar and Fox News). So we built our own PDF scanner & editor — lightweight, privacy-first, and (hopefully) not annoying to use. No ads, no subscriptio…