Tutorials
Fill a PDF form in the browser, no account and no upload
Complete PDF form fields (administrative, contracts, declarations) locally, and create your own fillable forms.
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PDF guides & know-how
Blog
Guides, tutorials and comparisons on private PDF
GDPR/Legal
GDPR and PDF: how local processing shrinks your compliance perimeter
Processing PDFs containing personal data without sending them to a processor: what the GDPR requires, and why local browser processing mechanically removes a whole compliance chain.
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Comparisons
iLovePDF and Smallpdf: a local, no-upload alternative
Fact-based comparison of iLovePDF, Smallpdf and local PDF processing: where the file goes, retention delays, free-tier limits — and how to verify it in the Network tab.
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Tutorials
Markdown to PDF: convert locally, no account, no server
Turn a Markdown file into a clean, printable PDF — or extract a PDF's text as Markdown — directly in the browser.
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Tutorials
Print multiple PDF pages per sheet (2-up, 4-up, n-up)
Group several PDF pages onto a single sheet to save paper — n-up layout in the browser, no upload.
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Tutorials
OCR a PDF without uploading — free, local, private
Run OCR on a scanned PDF without uploading it: Tesseract WebAssembly in your browser, 5 languages, .txt and searchable PDF output. Free, no account, honest limits.
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Tutorials
Optimize a PDF for the web: fast display and reduced size
Prepare a PDF for online distribution: progressive loading and reduced size, right in the browser — no server.
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Tutorials
Password-protect a PDF without sending it to a server
Encrypt a PDF with a password in the browser, or remove a protection you own — without transmitting the document or the password.
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Tutorials
PDFs and administrative procedures: prepare a complete file without exposing your documents
Merge, compress and finalize an administrative file in PDF — ID, proof of address, forms — without sending your documents to a server.
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