PDF tools for the workflows that make up 90% of day-to-day PDF pain: merge, split, compress, rotate, add a watermark, edit metadata, remove or extract specific pages, convert images to PDF, and export pages as JPG. Every tool runs entirely in your browser using pdf-lib and pdfjs — your documents never leave your device, there's no server storage, and no sign-up is required. Handles files up to 100 MB each. Free, no limits, no watermarks added to your output.
To **combine** many PDFs into one, use PDF Merge. To **break one** into several, use PDF Split. To keep specific pages as a new PDF, use Extract Pages; to drop specific pages while keeping the rest, use Remove Pages. PDF Rotator fixes sideways scans. PDF Watermark stamps "DRAFT" or a copyright across every page. For shrinking file size, PDF Compressor does structural compression; for image-heavy scans, compress the images with Image Compressor first, then rebuild with Image to PDF. PDF to JPG exports pages as images when you need a visual rather than a document.
Will the PDF tools preserve bookmarks and form fields?
Page content, layout, fonts, and images are preserved exactly. Document-level bookmarks and interactive form fields are dropped during merge/split/extract because pdf-lib doesn't carry them across. For those, a desktop PDF editor is a better fit.
Can these tools handle password-protected PDFs?
Most tools accept encrypted PDFs via `ignoreEncryption: true` — metadata-level work just goes through. Adding or removing a password, though, requires AES support that pdf-lib doesn't fully provide; that's on the roadmap as a Phase 9 stretch using qpdf-wasm.
What's the size limit?
Up to 100 MB per PDF. Beyond that, browser memory pressure becomes unreliable — split the file first, process the parts, then re-merge.
Can I convert PDF to Word or Excel?
Not yet in-browser. Faithful PDF → Word / Excel requires a proper layout engine that we haven't shipped client-side. For now, PDF to JPG + an OCR pass via PDF OCR gets you editable text; Word-format output specifically is a server-side feature that will come later.
Are any of these tools uploading my files?
No. Every tool in this category runs entirely in your browser. Files you drop in are processed locally, never sent to a server, and discarded when you leave the page.