Nice roundup of tools! Just a small note, on safari mobile if I expand the Edit and then Convert sections, they open on top of each other. https://i.imgur.com/bSZdRTN.png
Thanks for bringing that up, I'll take care of that issue.
I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
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Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
using this myself. its pretty good.
Only last week there was a HN thread about how the author said they just used chatgpt to make the entire thing and as a result the code is beyond bad. I don't think I'd trust it.
They didn't say that. They said they wrote the first version in a few days, using ChatGPT. Then worked on it almost another year since then. Something of that nature. Pretty big difference.
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#23Unfortunately, most of the PDF work I do involves things I’m not uploading to a service - ever. I don’t care if they’re “deleted immediately after processing” - they left my control. This sort of software would be great if it were 100% offline.
This isn’t just a niche issue either: this is a very real consideration for any corporate user. More companies are taking data loss and security issues seriously, which often means restricting what cloud services they are willing to use.
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#24I am a happy user of smallpdf, which seems quite similar. What advantages do you offer?
pdfquips is fast, free, and offers tools that are not available on smallpdf like pdf-to-csv, pdf-to-pdf-a, translate-pdf, you can OfCourse use what you feel most comfortable with, but i guess you should give pdfequips a try :)
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#25You should run ads or charge for something. I suspect this is going to get very popular.
Thank you for your suggestion, I'm considering keeping the basic functions free and adding premium features, but still not changing any of the core features i.e the website is going to work as is.
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#26Unfortunately, most of the PDF work I do involves things I’m not uploading to a service - ever. I don’t care if they’re “deleted immediately after processing” - they left my control. This sort of software would be great if it were 100% offline. This isn’t just a niche issue either: this is a very real consideration for any corporate user. More companies are taking data loss and security issues seriously, which often…
I understand that you want to keep your work private and not expose your documents to the internet, but there might be a situation where the document isn't that important to you and any online solution would be sufficient, let's say you one of your friends tells you to ask the ai a math problem they want to know how to solve/learn but the ai only understands text then you need to ocr the pdf which is jpg converted then copy it to the ai, you might be on your phone or away from your desktop environment, here you might consider using an online solution like pdfequips :)
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#27Unfortunately, most of the PDF work I do involves things I’m not uploading to a service - ever. I don’t care if they’re “deleted immediately after processing” - they left my control. This sort of software would be great if it were 100% offline. This isn’t just a niche issue either: this is a very real consideration for any corporate user. More companies are taking data loss and security issues seriously, which often…
Sounds to me like that (a desktop app version) is the product to sell (since the online service seems to be free).
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#28Unfortunately, most of the PDF work I do involves things I’m not uploading to a service - ever. I don’t care if they’re “deleted immediately after processing” - they left my control. This sort of software would be great if it were 100% offline. This isn’t just a niche issue either: this is a very real consideration for any corporate user. More companies are taking data loss and security issues seriously, which often…
I'd also not upload any personal or identifying docs up to this, but I would use it for fliers and it would REALLY be useful converting PDFs I downloaded off the ineternet to begin with. (I've downloaded stuff in the past that I had to convert in order enter the data on the PDF into my computer. Geologic data for maps, list of states with capitals, alphabetized by them--well before ChatGPT, the list goes on.)
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#29If this is entirely build using open-source software why not open source the site itself? Especially if you aren't planning to turn it into a commercial service.
Re: I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
#30Unfortunately, most of the PDF work I do involves things I’m not uploading to a service - ever. I don’t care if they’re “deleted immediately after processing” - they left my control. This sort of software would be great if it were 100% offline. This isn’t just a niche issue either: this is a very real consideration for any corporate user. More companies are taking data loss and security issues seriously, which often…
Stirling-pdf. You can self-host it. Even though it all runs locally anyway