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Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by franga2000 »

Beijinger wrote: post #22

At least it is open source. It never hurts to have something web based but I prefer an application. I use a commercial product for Linux. Master PDF Editor. It is good, but their copy protection sucks. Better don't forget to "deregister" ist before wiping your harddrive, otherwise your code won't work. But there is always customer service....

I generally agree, but I also very often need to quickly do something basic to a PDF from my phone (like split a 2-column layout to single-column so it's actually readable) or when doing something on someone else's computer and little web tools like this are great for that.

And yes, Master PDF Editor is an amazing piece of software! It makes creating PDF forms so easy that every time I get a PDF to fill out, I make it a form and send back an empty copy too so whoever sent it to me can use that instead. I've gotten a few smaller organisations to start using mine instead.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by apexalpha »

emarsden wrote: post #11

From the README: “Stirling PDF does not initiate any outbound calls for record-keeping or tracking purposes”. Beyond auditing the code, how could a potential user verify this claim in advance, and how can a web-based app help support such a claim (in particular when the app does need to make some web requests to operate, but only to a restricted list of URLs that might be listed in a manifest along the lines of a Con…

Just put a sniffer or network capture tool like Wireshark in between. Additionally you could restrict the apps network access entirely to just your local home network.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by frooodle »

haidev wrote: post #8

How is this entirely developed by ChatGPT? Does the author claim that all the code in there was generated by ChatGPT?

Creator here, I think there is some confusion in my doc. It's not made with fully with chatgpt

It was initially created as a 24 hour challenge to make a full app with chatgpt 3.0 in a set time limit to test what chatgpt was like last year.

I posted on Reddit it got lots of demand and I turned it into a full app,the only full chatgpt was the first 24 hours, it's over a year later now

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by frooodle »

anotherhue wrote: post #2

> Originally developed entirely by ChatGPT, this locally hosted web application has evolved to encompass a comprehensive set of features, addressing all your PDF requirements. Well that's that then.

Creator here, I think there is some confusion in my doc. It's not made with fully with chatgpt

It was initially created as a 24 hour challenge to make a full app with chatgpt 3.0 in a set time limit to test what chatgpt was like last year.

I posted on Reddit it got lots of demand and I turned it into a full app,the only full chatgpt was the first 24 hours, it's over a year later now

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by justsomehnguy »

emarsden wrote: post #11

From the README: “Stirling PDF does not initiate any outbound calls for record-keeping or tracking purposes”. Beyond auditing the code, how could a potential user verify this claim in advance, and how can a web-based app help support such a claim (in particular when the app does need to make some web requests to operate, but only to a restricted list of URLs that might be listed in a manifest along the lines of a Con…

> in particular when the app does need to make some web requests to operate

A web app doesn't need to make an outbound web requests to operate. A user interacting with a web is the one initiating the requests.

You can give the access to the up through a HTTP proxy and you can filter out any outbound requests from the web app or even not configuring the network routing for the server hosting that app. That leaves you with only JS initiated requests in the rendered pages of the app.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by secfirstmd »

wakawaka28 wrote: post #6
nolongerthere wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

so do we trust it?

The claim, or the software? If the software was developed by ChatGPT it probably sucks. If it wasn't developed by ChatGPT, its author is a liar. So either way, fuck it.

Who cares if it was developed by ChatGPT if it actually works? Why not try it out first before crapping on someone's hard Open Source work?

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by siva7 »

> Originally developed entirely by ChatGPT

I would be careful with such wording as one could easily come to the conclusion that this tool was developed by the ChatGPT team. Nevertheless that this software certainly wasn't entirely developed by ChatGPT which is technically not possible but WITH the assistance of an AI tool.

Re: Stirling PDF: Self-hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool

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Post by moritzruth »

petepete wrote: post #23

I'd love it if this could be integrated into Paperless. Every now and then one of my scanned documents goes in upside down and I need to rescan. Clicking rotate, maybe reordering and letting it be rescanned would be great.

The last minor release of paperless-ngx added merging, splitting and rotating.

Source: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/changelog/#paperless-ngx-270

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