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A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by x187463 »

nicbars wrote: post #2

This is a side project I started nearly 2 months ago: an online PDF converter at https://quicklypdf.com . Over time, I’ve made various improvements, but I’m still looking for feedback and new users. I’m aware there are many similar tools (e.g., smallpdf, ilovepdf) and competition is tough, but here’s what makes https://quicklypdf.com stand out: 1. Simplicity: No email sign-up, no user account needed. Just upload and…

What's the business model here? I'm assuming there's at least a marginal cost. As somebody who enjoys providing the world with free tools, I'm always curious how others handle the situation. Enshittification is real and comes for us all.

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by HelloUsername »

xiconfjs wrote: post #9

There is something wrong with the privacy policy @ https://quicklypdf.com/privacy-policy : title_01 paragraph_01 title_02 paragraph_02 title_03 paragraph_03 title_04 paragraph_04 title_05 section_list_item_01 section_list_item_02 section_list_item_03

Also a lot of pages still contain a lorem ipsum

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by benob »

nicbars wrote: post #2

This is a side project I started nearly 2 months ago: an online PDF converter at https://quicklypdf.com . Over time, I’ve made various improvements, but I’m still looking for feedback and new users. I’m aware there are many similar tools (e.g., smallpdf, ilovepdf) and competition is tough, but here’s what makes https://quicklypdf.com stand out: 1. Simplicity: No email sign-up, no user account needed. Just upload and…

Has anyone tried compiling a pdf processing suite to wasm, so that we not have to upload anything to servers?

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by lukol »

Congrats on the launch! How does your PDF to text feature compare to services like LlamaParse and 2markdown.com? Especially in terms of layout and image understanding. And for a privacy focused service, it would be great if your privacy policy would contain text :) Is the service hosted in the EU?

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by Tommix11 »

nicbars wrote: post #2

This is a side project I started nearly 2 months ago: an online PDF converter at https://quicklypdf.com . Over time, I’ve made various improvements, but I’m still looking for feedback and new users. I’m aware there are many similar tools (e.g., smallpdf, ilovepdf) and competition is tough, but here’s what makes https://quicklypdf.com stand out: 1. Simplicity: No email sign-up, no user account needed. Just upload and…

This looks very good but I would like some more features. 1. Extract bitmaps from PDF (without conversion of any sort) 2. Extract typefaces from PDF 3. Convert to SVG 4. Extract and/or Remove Adobe Illustrator part from PDF 5. Convert all text to vector paths

Also, embedded png's and even jpg's can many times be compressed using lossless techniques see what Imageoptim can do for example.

Good work though. I have bookmarked your site.

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by tomjen3 »

boo-ga-ga wrote: post #8
theanonymousone wrote: post #7

My biggest scare in setting up a service where users can upload something, is the probability of "problematic" material. Is there any solution to this?

Is it a problem your service doesn't provide sharing functionality? I.e. I can imagine illegal content can be a problem if you do an image sharing service. But if it's some utility, you don't store anything for long and that's it and forbid any illegal content in terms of use.

You need to not store it for more than a few minutes - otherwise people can use it as a host by sharing the account

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by gmalette »

Really nice! PDF editing is super underserved relative to its usage IRL, it’s always great to see new tools.

My partner needed one that has total data residency (can’t upload it) so I ended up building one as an app. It doesn’t have half the features of QuicklyPDF tho.

https://github.com/gmalette/pdf-rancher

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by elashri »

Congrats on the launch, it is interesting. Do you have plans for open source the project?

I'm a happy user of Stirling-PDF [1] which provides all my PDF needs. I do host it in my network and not accessible from internet for better privacy.

[1] https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

Re: A free, unlimited online PDF converter with Privacy focus

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Post by nicbars »

Tommix11 wrote: post #15
nicbars wrote: post #2

This is a side project I started nearly 2 months ago: an online PDF converter at https://quicklypdf.com . Over time, I’ve made various improvements, but I’m still looking for feedback and new users. I’m aware there are many similar tools (e.g., smallpdf, ilovepdf) and competition is tough, but here’s what makes https://quicklypdf.com stand out: 1. Simplicity: No email sign-up, no user account needed. Just upload and…

This looks very good but I would like some more features. 1. Extract bitmaps from PDF (without conversion of any sort) 2. Extract typefaces from PDF 3. Convert to SVG 4. Extract and/or Remove Adobe Illustrator part from PDF 5. Convert all text to vector paths Also, embedded png's and even jpg's can many times be compressed using lossless techniques see what Imageoptim can do for example. Good work though. I have book…

Thanks for the great suggestions! I’ll keep those advanced extraction and vector features in mind, and I’m also looking into enhanced image compression. Really appreciate the support—stay tuned!
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