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Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by ptspts »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #83
forgotpwd16 wrote: post #62

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>many nontrivial and creative ways to do pdf processing They're all wrapping PDFlib and provide the same functionality.

I am already well served by ghostscript, GIMP, Imagemagick, etc: Optimize PDF: #!/bin/bash INPUT="$1" OUTPUT="$(mktemp --suffix=.pdf)" gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \ -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile="$OUTPUT" "$INPUT" mv "$OUTPUT" "$INPUT" Merge PDF: #!/bin/sh gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \ -sOutputFile=merged.pdf…

Your commands to process PDF with Ghostscript are lossy (they lose lots of metadata and in minor ways they also change how the PDF renders), and they produce very large PDF files.

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by KellyCriterion »

oliwarner wrote: post #53

> make millions How? Who? Most of them are freemium, so they're balancing resources funded by subscriptions against the majority free user usage. And is this local first (as it says on the website) or local only ?

well, you just have to undercut Adobe Suite price by 50% and most people would buy your stuff: Most people mainly use only PDf merge & split & add comments & signing - and pay for this a monthly Adobe subscription of 29,99 USD last time I checked.

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by x3ro »

ptspts wrote: post #91
sam_lowry_ wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am already well served by ghostscript, GIMP, Imagemagick, etc: Optimize PDF: #!/bin/bash INPUT="$1" OUTPUT="$(mktemp --suffix=.pdf)" gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \ -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile="$OUTPUT" "$INPUT" mv "$OUTPUT" "$INPUT" Merge PDF: #!/bin/sh gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \ -sOutputFile=merged.pdf…

Your commands to process PDF with Ghostscript are lossy (they lose lots of metadata and in minor ways they also change how the PDF renders), and they produce very large PDF files.

Can you expand on why the produced PDF files are supposed to be larger than the originals? I've not observed that yet.

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by pratik227 »

throwaway132448 wrote: post #92
pratik227 wrote: post #70

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“Sorry about that. Some people jump to conclusions about things they don’t fully understand. I’m just trying to build something useful and contribute to the community, but reactions like this can make it difficult

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by throwaway132448 »

pratik227 wrote: post #95
throwaway132448 wrote: post #92

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“Sorry about that. Some people jump to conclusions about things they don’t fully understand. I’m just trying to build something useful and contribute to the community, but reactions like this can make it difficult

You’re not, you’re trying to elevate your own profile while having to learn or do as little as possible along the way in order to accomplish that. It’s very transparent in your methodology for this “contribution” and the language you use to talk about it. This is the opposite of a contribution.

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

pratik227 wrote: post #15
Bewelge wrote: post #14

Great job! If it's all on client you should make a PWA out of it so it can be installed and used offline. Built a client only webapp myself and offline usage is the main thing users ask about.

Yeah, I’ll do that. I have a Chrome extension that I’m planning to make paid, and I may also release a desktop version. I’m thinking of pricing it cheaply—around $2 for lifetime access

My immediate thought is if it’s only $2 it can’t be very good.

Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

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Post by jacquesm »

pratik227 wrote: post #86
jacquesm wrote: post #77

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Where is the source then?

change my mind after the tailwind thing happened not going to open source it for now.

So why is it relevant for 'pdfwithlove' that you are an open source contributor?
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