This is awesome. There have been so many times when I needed something like this, as I'm sure there will be again in the future. Welcome to ... my bookmarks.
Happy to hear :)
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#32Looks very nice - I see there is the ability to edit metadata, but I often have a need to strip/delete _all_ meta data from a document. Having that as a single option would be very useful...
Thanks, that shouldn't be too hard to add. I have noted it down and will have a look at it.
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#33You might find this interesting to add functionality to this website: it's a JavaScript version our commercial PDF tools, and can run entirely in the browser. It's AGPL, so you wouldn't need a commercial license for your use case, so long as you release your source, as you say you plan to in another comment: https://www.npmjs.com/package/coherentpdf
Thanks, will definitely have a look.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
In general, I have been thinking about how to get some earnings from this, it would allow me to spend more time and continuing to improve the tool faster. I am still not sure the best way to do it without scaring away too many users. If I could get some earnings and also increase trust that would be great. Need to think about this idea, maybe I can do a test and see how it works out... (I already ruled out ads, since…
I think you should be able to make some money by offering your services to corporations. They don't know that everything runs on the browser, but they will like and pay for the idea of adding this capability to their website (pdftools.acmecorp.com). Start with lawyers, I think they are prime customers (pdfux.biglaw.com). Once you explain to their IT that you are only leveraging the clien-side processing, they'll leav…
Interesting thinking...
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#35Good tool to have for users of PDF documents.I missed seeing the WASM locally manipulated notifier perhaps it can be more clearly identified. Certainly can see usage and it will be good to have digital signing capabilities and adding any "version" edited signed attribution of the generated pdf file(author). Perhaps reword as Secure,private, fast and free local in browser PDF tools? Congratulations. Look forward to le…
Thanks a lot for your input. I agree that it can be a good idea to make it clearer that this is like a local / offline tool since that is the biggest difference compared to other tools. Will definitely try to make this clearer.
I am not sure what you mean by the "WASM locally manipulated notifier"?
Digital signature is a good idea for feature, I have added it to my feature todo list.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
In general, I have been thinking about how to get some earnings from this, it would allow me to spend more time and continuing to improve the tool faster. I am still not sure the best way to do it without scaring away too many users. If I could get some earnings and also increase trust that would be great. Need to think about this idea, maybe I can do a test and see how it works out... (I already ruled out ads, since…
I think you should be able to make some money by offering your services to corporations. They don't know that everything runs on the browser, but they will like and pay for the idea of adding this capability to their website (pdftools.acmecorp.com). Start with lawyers, I think they are prime customers (pdfux.biglaw.com). Once you explain to their IT that you are only leveraging the clien-side processing, they'll leav…
I agree with selling to corporations. However, most big law lawyers will need a higher level of PDF functionality. At a quick glance, I notice that the tools can't manipulate bookmarks, which are required for electronic filing in most courts.
Re: Show HN: Privacy friendly suite of PDF tools
#37You might find this interesting to add functionality to this website: it's a JavaScript version our commercial PDF tools, and can run entirely in the browser. It's AGPL, so you wouldn't need a commercial license for your use case, so long as you release your source, as you say you plan to in another comment: https://www.npmjs.com/package/coherentpdf
Thanks, will definitely have a look.
Just a heads up that all your comments here are showing up as dead (i.e. people won't see them unless they have "showdead" enabled in their settings) which means you're probably shadowbanned.
I've vouched for all your comments so far to revive them, but you might want to email hn@ycombinator.com about this.
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#38This is nice. Thanks for doing this. FYI, the other existing ones that I know and have used is https://www.sejda.com
Thank you. Sejda has a lot of features and seems to be a solid tool. The big difference between Sejda's online tool and pdfux is that with Sejda (and most online PDF tools), your file is transferred over the internet to Sejda's server where it is stored, processed and sent back to you. Then they promise to delete it. Personally I am not 100% comfortable using this kind of tools with files that I wouldn't want to shar…
> Then they promise to delete it. Personally I am not 100% comfortable using this kind of tools with files that I wouldn't want to share with anyone.
This. Keep up the good work.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks, will definitely have a look.
Just a heads up that all your comments here are showing up as dead (i.e. people won't see them unless they have "showdead" enabled in their settings) which means you're probably shadowbanned. I've vouched for all your comments so far to revive them, but you might want to email hn@ycombinator.com about this.
wow, ok didn't know that. Thanks a lot for letting me know.
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#40Very cool! Congrats!
Do you plan to add a file reducing feature?
I often make pdf from Keynote but the macos built in apps (keynote, preview) perform badly in exporting small pdf files compared to acrobat pro.