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Re:Show HN: PDFMergely – In-browser PDF tools that never upl... by gettalong on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @06:32AM (#48730698)
Why is it that everyone now duplicates/vibe-codes PDF tool websites? It seems that there is one new each week for about half a year now with none providing any outstanding features over the others.
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Re:Show HN: PDFMergely – In-browser PDF tools that never upl... by cyanydeez on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @06:45AM (#48730795)
theyre the AI todo app: sufficiently complex and mildly useful. will fail when real use case outstrips its minimum depth.
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Re:Show HN: PDFMergely – In-browser PDF tools that never upl... by jamessb on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:44AM (#48732685)
This one's website (and a dead comment replying to you) suggests that processing the PDF in the browser, rather than uploading to a server, is a point of differentiation.

However, there are older tools that do this, such as BentoPDF (which is also open source) [1].

[1]: https://www.bentopdf.com/

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