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Show HN: Built Secure PDF tools (25+) that run in the browser

https://securelocalpdf.com/

I built https://securelocalpdf.com/ , a set of 25 PDF tools that run entirely in your browser — no uploads, no servers, no tracking.

Most online PDF tools require you to send sensitive files and promise they’ll delete them “after 2 hours.” That includes sensitive, even password-protected documents — which still get processed server-side. That model fundamentally relies on trust. With SecureLocalPDF, there’s no upload step at all — everything happens locally in your browser, so your files never leave your device.

It supports upto 20MB PDF instantly, 50MB PDFs with 2 to 3 second latency and 100MB PDFs with 5-6 second latency. All these depends on browser and the user device performance.

Check out - https://securelocalpdf.com/

Please leave feedback for any improvement.

( There are couple of known UI bugs to iron out)

( 2 comments | 3 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Built Secure PDF tools (25+) that run in the bro... by p_ing on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:12AM (#47793255)
Yet Another PDF Site (someone please unironically buy yapdfsite.com and make one of these)

There seems to be at least one AI-generated PDF offline processing only site per week posted to HN. Often free.

Re:Show HN: Built Secure PDF tools (25+) that run in the bro... by subhash_k on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:39AM (#47793675)
yes but they wont support files larger than 10mb